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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:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacques Gilbert De Cauwer, Reichlange, LU;
Ottmar Niederpruem, Dalheim, LU;
Michel Stachnik, Luxembourg, LU;
Jean Francois Woll, Luxembourg, LU;
Thomas Bednarz, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264441 ; 264465 ; 264 39 ; 264205 ; 425 722 ; 4251 / ; 425229 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to flash spinning a plexifilamentary film-fibril strand and laying it down into sheet material including the step of subjecting the strand to an electrostatic charge. The invention is particularly focused on cleaning, and maintaining clean, the target plate of the electrostatic charging system by scrubbing or scouring the surface of the target plate with a highly abrasive brush moving at a relatively high speed. The target plate is selected to be abrasion resistant.