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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:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Building Materials Investment Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
James A. Svec, Kearny, NJ (US);
Paul G. Wilson, Waxahachie, TX (US);
Margie Ann Beerer, Ennis, TX (US);
Jacob Stephen Zhanel, Ennis, TX (US);
Assignee:
BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/48 (2006.01); D21F 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosed drying and dewatering system comprises an air knife and a vacuum slot, wherein the air knife is positioned over the vacuum slot and fibrous nonwoven material is passed under the air knife and over the vacuum slot. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to achieve greater water removal and more uniform binding agent distribution across the nonwoven fibrous material.