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US 2004/0000376 A1Published application
Device and process for improved scouring efficiency
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsHoward Scalzo, Margaret D'Aversa, Royce Frederick
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AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsHoward Scalzo, Margaret D'Aversa, Royce Frederick
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A device for scouring a coating from a fibrous material includes a tank for immersing a plurality of fibers in scouring solvent therein. The device also includes a bubbling device positioned therein and having a chamber formed between a base plate and a cover plate with a plurality of holes. The plurality of fibers is mounted within the tank above the cover plate and holes of the bubbling device, so that gas bubbles produced thereby move through the scouring solvent and through the plurality of fibers. The holes are arranged in a pattern on the cover plate that corresponds to a shape assumed by the plurality of fibers when mounted within the tank. A process for scouring a coating from a fibrous material is also disclosed and involves immersing a plurality of fibers in a scouring solvent and producing a plurality of gas bubbles that move through the solvent and the plurality of fibers. The process also involves arranging and mounting the plurality of fibers to assume a shape that corresponds to a pattern formed by the plurality of holes.
A device for scouring a coating from a fibrous material, comprising a tank sized and shaped so as to receive a plurality of fibers therein such that the plurality of fibers is immersible in a scouring solvent contained in said tank;
A process for scouring a coating from a fibrous material, comprising the steps of immersing a plurality of fibers in a scouring solvent;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.