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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ray M Fulmer, Aiken, SC (US);
Raymond L Lochlear, Jr, Aiken, SC (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 / ; 65 1 / ; 118 63 ; 118 68 ; 427348 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for and method of producing glass strand including withdrawing spaced apart continuous glass filaments from streams of molten glass; advancing the filaments along converging paths to a gathering member, the advancing filaments moving air with them; applying a coating substance to the filaments; gathering the filaments into a strand; and removing any excess coating substance from the strand by diverting at least some of the moving air to flow generally transversely across the path of the advancing strand.