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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Michael David James, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stanford Royce Jackson, Fairfield, OH (US);
Savas Aydore, West Chester, OH (US);
Hasan Eroglu, West Chester, OH (US);
Donald Eugene Ensign, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Paul Dennis Trokhan, Hamilton, OH (US);
David Lee Moore, Hamilton, OH (US);
Edwin Arthur Stewart, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael David James, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stanford Royce Jackson, Fairfield, OH (US);
Savas Aydore, West Chester, OH (US);
Hasan Eroglu, West Chester, OH (US);
Donald Eugene Ensign, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Paul Dennis Trokhan, Hamilton, OH (US);
David Lee Moore, Hamilton, OH (US);
Edwin Arthur Stewart, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus for forming fibers. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a die assembly having a plurality of nozzles, one or more attenuation medium passages and a cover plate. The cover plate has a cover plate opening into which one or more of the nozzles may extend. The attenuation medium passages have a minimum cross-sectional area and the cover plate opening has a limiting cross-sectional area such that the minimum cross-sectional area of the attenuation medium passages is greater than the limiting cross-sectional area of the cover plate opening.