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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Kenneth Ross Atkinson, Highton, AU;
Niall Finn, Lethbridge, AU;
Inventors:
Kenneth Ross Atkinson, Highton, AU;
Niall Finn, Lethbridge, AU;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nanofiber yarn assembly including a longitudinally extending core for the yarn assembly and, twisted about the core, at least one ribbon of multiple nanofibers. The yarn assembly can be formed by drawing a longitudinally extending core for the yarn assembly through a concentric core-spinning zone, and, as the core travels through the core-spinning zone, twisting at least one ribbon of multiple nanofibers about the travelling core. Apparatus is also disclosed.