Claims
- 1. A method for forming a contactor adapted to transmit oil to a bearing surface from a reservoir of oil-impregnated wicking material having interstices therein, comprising:
- (a) filling a mold cavity of a predetermined size and shape with a charge of a fibrous material;
- (b) compressing the fibrous material in said mold cavity to a density wherein the fibrous material has therein a network of interconnected pores of a size smaller than the interstices in the wicking material;
- (c) relieving the compressing force, while the compressed fibrous material retains said network of interconnected pores smaller than the interstices in the wicking material;
- (d) saturating the prior compressed fibrous material with an alcohol-nylon solution;
- (e) allowing the alcohol to evaporate whereby many of the individual fibers absorb the nylon and become coated with the nylon, thereby forming a contactor consisting of a dry mass of bonded fibers containing a network of interconnected pores of a size smaller than the interstices in the wicking material; and,
- (f) removing the contactor from the mold.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of filling employs a fibrous material comprising cotton linter fibers having an average length of about 2.3 mm. with about 70% of the fibers being between 1.0 and 3.5 mm. long.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 618,337, filed Oct. 1, 1975.
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Divisions (1)
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