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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 5/098 ; D01D 5/14 ; D01D 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 5/098 ; D01D 5/14 ; D01D 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method for producing fibers from a molten thermoplastic material includes the steps of extruding the molten thermoplastic material from a material outlet having a longitudinal axis and producing a stream of pressurized fluid that exists a fluid tube removably securable to a die head assembly and including an outlet coaxial with the material outlet longitudinal axis and extending at least into the material outlet. The method may be carried out using various material outlet and fluid tube configurations.