# US 2023/0407526 A1 · Plant for making of melt-blown type non-woven fabric > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0407526 A1 - Document ID: US20230407526A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/813,153 - Filed: 2022-07-18 - Published: 2023-12-21 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-21 - Assignees: Fratelli Ceccato Milano S.R.L. - Applicants: Fratelli Ceccato Milano S.R.L. - Inventors: Giuseppe ANGELICO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230407526A1 ## CPC - D01D 5/08: Melt spinning methods {(D01D5/0023 takes precedence)} - D01D 5/0985: {by means of a flowing gas (e.g. melt-blowing)} - D01D 4/025: {Melt-blowing or solution-blowing dies} - D01D 4/06: Distributing spinning solution or melt to spinning nozzles - D01D 13/00: Complete machines for producing artificial threads - D04H 1/565: {by melt-blowing} - D04H 3/16: with bonds between thermoplastic filaments produced in association with filament formation, e.g. immediately following extrusion - D01D: MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS - D04H: MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING {; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION}(non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B) ## Abstract A plant for making melt-blown type non-woven fabric including a distributor including at least one main access for placing in fluid passage connection with a main conduit of a case for conveying polymeric fluid and a plurality of secondary accesses for placing in fluid passage connection each with a respective secondary conduit of the case for conveying gas; a dispenser in fluid passage connection with the distributor, for dispersing polymeric filaments from the polymeric fluid and including at least one spinneret for forming the polymeric filaments and an air blade for receiving gas to guide the polymeric filaments exiting the dispenser. The spinneret comprises includes a plurality of pinnacles flanked and each including a main outlet for conveying polymeric fluid. towards a respective delivery direction. The air blade is to convey gas jets to converge towards each delivery direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A plant for making of melt-blown type non-woven fabric comprising: a distributor configured to be operatively connected to a case and including at least one main access suitable to be placed in fluid passage connection with a main conduit of said case suitable to convey polymeric fluid and a plurality of secondary accesses suitable to be placed in fluid passage connection each with a respective secondary conduit of said case suitable to convey gas; a dispenser in fluid passage connection with said distributor, configured to dispense polymeric filaments from said polymeric fluid and including at least one spinneret suitable to form said polymeric filaments and an air blade suitable to receive said gas to guide said polymeric filaments exiting said dispenser; wherein said spinneret comprising a plurality of pinnacles mutually flanked and each comprising at least one main outlet configured to guide said polymeric fluid along a respective delivery direction, and said air blade is adapted to convey jets of said gas to converge towards each of said delivery direction so as to guide said polymer filaments. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said delivery directions are mutually parallel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The plant according to any preceding claim 1, wherein said pinnacles are in one piece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said spinneret comprises for each pinnacle a pair of secondary outlets arranged at opposite sides relative to said respective pinnacle and configured to convey said gas towards said air blade, and said plant further comprises a transfer device configured to place in fluid passage connection at least each secondary access with each said pair of secondary outlets. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said distributor comprises a plurality of secondary accesses and said transfer device is further configured to place in fluid passage connection each main access with a respective said main outlet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The plant according to claim 4, wherein said transfer device is further configured to place in fluid passage connection said main access with each of said main outlets. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said transfer device comprises at least one main inlet in fluid passage connection with said main access, a plurality of main branches in fluid passage connection all with said main inlet or each with a respective said main inlet and each with a respective said main outlet, a plurality of secondary inlets each in fluid passage connection with a respective said secondary inlet, and a plurality of pairs of secondary branches wherein in each pair said secondary branches are in fluid passage connection all with a respective said secondary inlet and each with a respective said secondary outlet of a respective said pair of secondary outlets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said transfer device is entirely included in said spinneret and said distributor comprises a main delivery channel configured to place in fluid passage connection said main access and said main inlet and a plurality of secondary delivery channels each configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said secondary access with a respective said secondary inlet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The plant according to claim 4, wherein said transfer device is integrally comprised in said distributor, said main inlet corresponds to said main access, each said secondary inlet corresponds to a respective said secondary access, and said spinneret comprises, for each said pinnacle a main delivery channel configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said main branch and said main outlet and a pair of secondary delivery channels each configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said secondary branch of a same said pair of secondary branches with a respective said secondary outlet of a same said pair of secondary outlets. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said distributor comprises a support plate and a breaker plate and said transfer device is integrally comprised in one or more between said support plate and said breaker plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said distributor and said dispenser are predominantly along a main direction, each of said main branches defines a main end opposite said main inlet, each of said secondary branches defines a secondary end opposite said secondary inlet and said ends are distributed in a main plane parallel to said main direction in such a manner that, for each pinnacle and for each group including a said main end and a pair of adjacent said secondary ends, at least said secondary ends are mutually misaligned with respect to directions normal to said main direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said ends are distributed in a main plane such that all said ends of the same said group result to be mutually misaligned with respect to directions normal to said main direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The plant according to claim 11, wherein for each pinnacle and for each said group, at least one said main end and one said secondary end are mutually aligned along development directions transverse to said main direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said spinneret comprising at least one seat configured to accommodate at least one filter and disposed adjacent to said distributor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The plant according to claim 1, wherein said seat is disposed between said main inlet and said main delivery channel or between each of said main branch and a respective said main delivery channel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 5) The plant according to claim 5, wherein said transfer device is integrally comprised in said distributor, said main inlet corresponds to said main access, each said secondary inlet corresponds to a respective said secondary access, and said spinneret comprises, for each said pinnacle a main delivery channel configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said main branch and said main outlet and a pair of secondary delivery channels each configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said secondary branch of a same said pair of secondary branches with a respective said secondary outlet of a same said pair of secondary outlets. ### Claim 17 (depends on 6) The plant according to claim 6, wherein said transfer device is integrally comprised in said distributor, said main inlet corresponds to said main access, each said secondary inlet corresponds to a respective said secondary access, and said spinneret comprises, for each said pinnacle a main delivery channel configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said main branch and said main outlet and a pair of secondary delivery channels each configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said secondary branch of a same said pair of secondary branches with a respective said secondary outlet of a same said pair of secondary outlets. ### Claim 18 (depends on 7) The plant according to claim 7, wherein said transfer device is integrally comprised in said distributor, said main inlet corresponds to said main access, each said secondary inlet corresponds to a respective said secondary access, and said spinneret comprises, for each said pinnacle a main delivery channel configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said main branch and said main outlet and a pair of secondary delivery channels each configured to place in fluid passage connection a respective said secondary branch of a same said pair of secondary branches with a respective said secondary outlet of a same said pair of secondary outlets. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The plant according to claim 12, wherein for each pinnacle and for each said group, at least one said main end and one said secondary end are mutually aligned along development directions transverse to said main direction.