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US 5,846,284 AGranted
Spinner with eyelets having multiple orifices
AssigneeOwens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
InventorsJay W. Hinze, Patrick M. Gavin
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Abstract
A spinner for centrifuging mineral fibers from molten mineral material is disclosed. The spinner includes a generally annular peripheral wall, the peripheral wall having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough, and a plurality of eyelets mounted in the apertures, each eyelet having multiple orifices formed therethrough.
Claims17
A spinner for centrifuging fibers from a molten material, the spinner comprising:
- a generally annular peripheral wall having a plurality of apertures therethrough;
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- a plurality of eyelets, each eyelet mounted in each respective aperture, each eyelet having a peripheral wall defining a hollow channel leading to a surface, the surface defining multiple orifices therethrough, the channel in fluid communication with the orifices.
A spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material, the spinner comprising:
- a generally annular peripheral wall, the peripheral wall having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough, and
- a plurality of eyelets mounted in the apertures, each eyelet including a generally cylindrical portion sized to fit within an aperture, the cylindrical portion defining a hollow channel leading to a generally circular eyelet face extending across a first end of the cylindrical portion and oriented generally parallel to the peripheral wall, the eyelet face defining multiple orifices therethrough, the channel in fluid communication with the orifices, and a flange extending radially outward from a second end of the cylindrical portion, wherein the eyelets are formed of a metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, palladium, ruthenium, iridium, osmium, silver, gold, and alloys thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.