Apparatus for coating glass fibers
AssigneeOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
InventorsGary M. Schmandt, Robert N. Chappelear, Ronnie D. Hand
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Abstract
Apparatus adapted to apply a coating to advancing continuous filaments comprising: a bracket; a base journaled at said bracket for rotation about a first axis; means for rotating said base; applicator means adapted to apply a coating to the advancing filaments; a carriage joined to said applicator means, the carriage being adapted for a sliding engagement with said base along a path substantially transverse to said first axis; and a first adjustment means adapted to engage said carriage to move said applicator means along a second axis substantially transverse to said first axis.
Claims9
Apparatus adapted to apply a coating to advancing continuous filaments comprising:
- a bracket;
- a base journaled at said bracket for rotation about a first axis;
- means for rotating said base;
- applicator means adapted to apply a coating to the advancing filaments;
- a carriage joined to said applicator means, the carriage being adapted for a sliding engagement with said base along a path substantially transverse to said first axis;
- and
- a first adjustment means adapted to rotate said carriage and said applicator means about a second axis substantially transverse to said first axis.
Apparatus for forming glass filaments comprising:
- a feeder adapted to supply a plurality of streams of molten glass;
- means for attenuating said streams into continuous filaments;
- a bracket having a bore having a vertically oriented axis and an aperature spaced from said bore;
- a base journaled in said bore for rotation about the vertical axis, said base having a beveled section, a retainer means spaced from said beveled section, and a projection;
- a carriage adapted to slideably engage said base to releasably move in a plane substantially perpendicular to said vertical axis along said beveled section and said retainer means, said base having a first adjustment means adjacent said retainer means adapted to rotate said carriage about a second axis substantially transverse to said vertical axis;
- a frame secured to said carriage;
- an applicator surface located at said frame adapted to coat the advancing filaments with a size and/or binder;
- an arm pivoted at said aperature, a portion of said arm extending through said bracket, said portion securely fastened to a toggle member;
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- a link rotatably connected to said toggle member and said projection of said base to rotate said base in response to movement of said arm, said link having a second adjustment means adapted to adjust the position of said base about said vertical axis with respect to the position of said arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.