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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Vishal Bansal, Richmond, VA (US);
Michael C. Davis, Midlothian, VA (US);
Edgar N. Rudisill, Nashville, TN (US);
Vishal Bansal, Richmond, VA (US);
Michael C. Davis, Midlothian, VA (US);
Edgar N. Rudisill, Nashville, TN (US);
E. I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An extrusion die for meltblowing molten polymers having a row of die orifices each having at least two separate polymer supply ports entering from an entrance portion of the die, each of the polymer supply ports communicating with separate rows of extrusion capillaries having exit openings at an exit portion of the die, gas supply ports entering from the entrance portion of the die and arranged laterally to the polymer supply ports, the gas supply ports communicating with gas jets extending through the die and arranged laterally to the exit openings of the extrusion capillaries, wherein the rows of extrusion capillary exit openings and the gas jets communicate with a blowing orifice in the exit portion of the die.