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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:
May. 05, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mickey E Akin, Bremen, GA (US);
James O Lowery, Ranburne, AL (US);
Assignee:
Southwire Company, Carrollton, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L / ; B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
153091 ; 134 15 ; 134 21 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing liquid residues from the surface of a continuously advancing strand or filament by using a plurality of vacuum probes positioned such that they continuously expose the entire surface of such advancing strand or filament to a greatly reduced pressure thereby removing substantially all of such residues from the strand's or filament's surface.