Fiberizing bushings and methods of using

Electrically resistant-heated fiberizing bushings made from an electrically conductive material and comprising an orifice plate or a tip plate, a wall attached to each edge of the tip plate or orifice plate and an ear integral with or attached to the external surface of each of two opposed walls of the bushing for attaching to an electrical terminal clamp, each ear having an increasing cross sectional area along a portion of its length from the unattached end portion towards the wall, the improvement comprising that each ear has one or more generally V shaped notch in the ear with the widest portion of each V shaped notch being close to or at the unattached end of the ear with the at least one V shaped notch being located in that portion of the ear that attaches to the electrical terminal clamp.

Electrically resistant-heated fiberizing bushings made from an electrically conductive material and comprising an orifice plate or a tip plate, one or more sidewalls attached to the tip plate and an endwall attached to each end of the tip plate or orifice plate and an ear integral with or attached to the external surface of each endwall or sidewall of the bushing for attaching to an electrical terminal clamp, each ear having an increasing cross sectional area along a portion of its length from the unattached end portion towards the endwall, the improvement comprising that each ear has three or more generally V shaped notches in the ear with the widest portion of each V shaped notch being close to or at the unattached end of the ear.

Electrically resistant-heated fiberizing bushings made from an electrically conductive material and comprising an orifice plate or a tip plate, one or more sidewalls attached to the tip plate and an endwall attached to each end of the tip plate or orifice plate and an ear integral with or attached to the external surface of each endwall or sidewall of the bushing for attaching to an electrical terminal clamp, each ear having an increasing cross sectional area along a portion of its length from the unattached end portion towards the endwall, the improvement comprising that each ear has four or more generally V shaped openings or notches in the ear with the widest portion of each V shaped notch being close to or at the unattached end of the ear.

A method of making fibers by passing a molten material through an electrically resistant-heated fiberizing bushing made from an electrically conductive material and comprising an orifice plate or a tip plate, a wall attached to each end or side of the tip plate or orifice plate and an ear integral with or attached to the external surface of each wall of the bushing for attaching to an electrical terminal clamp, to form fibers, the improvement comprising that each ear contains at least one generally V shaped notch therein at or near the unattached end of the ear.

A method of making fibers from a molten material by passing the molten material through an electrically resistant-heated fiberizing bushing made from an electrically conductive material and comprising an orifice plate or a tip plate, one or more sidewalls attached to the tip plate and an endwall attached to each end of the tip plate or orifice plate and the sidewalls and an ear integral with or attached to the external surface of each endwall or sidewall of the bushing for attaching to an electrical terminal block, each ear having an increasing cross sectional area along a portion of its length from the unattached end portion towards the endwall, to form the fibers, the improvement comprising that each ear has three or more generally V shaped openings or notches in the ear with the widest portion of each V shaped notch being close to or at the unattached end of the ear.