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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
Larry Marshall, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Michael Bryner, Midlothian, VA (US);
Larry Marshall, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Michael Bryner, Midlothian, VA (US);
Verdex Technologies, Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for producing nanofibers and non-woven nanofibrous materials from polymer melts, liquids and particles using a two-phase flow nozzle. The process comprises supplying a first phase comprising a polymer melt and a second phase comprising a pressurized gas stream to a two-phase flow nozzle; injecting the polymer melt and the pressurized gas stream into a mixing chamber within the two-phase flow nozzle wherein the mixing chamber combines the polymer flow and pressurized gas into a two-phase flow; distributing the two-phase flow uniformly to a converging channel terminating into an channel exit wherein the converging channel accelerates the two-phase flow creating a polymeric film along the surface of the converging channel and fibrillating the polymeric film at the channel exit of the converging channel in the form of a plurality of nanofibers.