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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:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel J. Heaney, Neenah, WI (US);
Jon P. Graverson, Needah, WI (US);
Dennis Hicks, Neenah, WI (US);
Kenneth E. Martin, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 4/902 ; B65H 2/020 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 4/902 ; B65H 2/020 ;
Abstract
An over-end takeoff device (OETO) and a method for unwinding elastomeric fiber from a package are provided. The OETO includes a fiber guide spaced apart from the fiber package and disposed at an acute angle between 0° and 30° to the rotational axis of the package.