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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
William P. Klinzing, West Lakeland, MN (US);
Warren D. Eaton, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jon A. Lindberg, Prairie du Chien, WI (US);
David C. Raithel, Hudson, WI (US);
Kyle J. Baumgartner, Strawberry Point, IA (US);
James C. Breister, Oakdale, MN (US);
Joseph A. Dunbar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Blake R. Griffith, Oakdale, MN (US);
Cristobal Martin Bernia, Madrid, ES;
Jesse R. Seifert, New Richmond, WI (US);
Joshua D. Tibbits, Eagan, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods apparatuses and systems of forming a random fiber web using pneumatic fiber feeding system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method can optionally comprise: providing a plurality of moveable apparatuses including a lickerin and a feeder, the lickerin configured to remove a plurality of fibers from a fibrous mat delivered to adjacent the lickerin by the feeder; doffing the plurality of fibers from the lickerin at a doffing location within the system; communicating an air supply to entrain the plurality of fibers with the air supply after the doffing; and collecting the plurality of fibers from the air supply to form the random fiber web.