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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Porex Technologies Corporation, Colonial Heights, VA (US);
David Bradley Harris, Midlothian, VA (US);
Kevin Sporrer, Sharpsburg, GA (US);
Janie Wierzbicki, Richmond, VA (US);
Ronald Eugene Billups, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Yelena Rogova, Richmond, VA (US);
Thomas E. Harris, Colonial Heights, VA (US);
Qiang Zhou, Moseley, VA (US);
Timothy Allen Martin, Newnan, GA (US);
Xingguo Li, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Guoqiang Mao, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Porex Technologies Corporation, Colonial Heights, VA (US);
Abstract
The instant disclosure is directed to a heterogeneous fiber fluid reservoir for holding and delivering fluid. A reservoir may comprise a rod having a core component and a surrounding component. Each of the core component and the surrounding component may comprise fibers. The core component may have a first property, and the surrounding component may have a second property different from the first property, or the core component and the surrounding component may each have a different value or range of values for the same property. Alternatively, a reservoir may comprise a rod that includes fibers and has a cross-sectional diameter. At least one property of the rod may vary in value along the cross-sectional diameter of the rod. The property may include, for example, fiber bulk density, fiber diameter, fiber material, fiber morphology, fiber surface tension, capillary force, fluid absorption capacity, color, or combinations thereof.