Claims
- 1. Method of producing and treating at least one glass thread, comprising the steps of:
- drawing a number of thin streams of molten glass from a number of apertures disposed at a base of a die plate;
- forming the streams into at least one fan of continuous filaments moving from the die plate;
- depositing a size composition on the at least one fan of filaments;
- reducing the moisture content of at least one current of air;
- controlling an amount of moisture on the at least one fan of filaments by subjecting the at least one fan of filaments having a size deposited thereon to the at least one current of air directed onto the at least one fan of filaments and substantially transversely to directions in which said filaments move; and
- combining the filaments of the at least one fan of filaments, having size deposited thereon, into at least one thread,
- wherein said step of subjecting said at least one fan of filaments to the at least one current of air is performed before the filaments of said at least one fan of filaments are combined to form the at least one thread.
- 2. Method according to claim 1, including the step of adjusting at least one parameter from the group consisting of a flow rate, the moisture content and a temperature of the at least one current of air directed onto the at least one fan of filaments.
- 3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the flow rate of the at least one current of air is not greater than 1 Nm.sup.3 /s.
- 4. Method according to claim 2, wherein the temperature of the at least one current of air is between 20.degree. and 600.degree..
- 5. Method according to claim 1, including the step of winding the at least one thread onto a rotating support.
- 6. Method according to claim 1, including the step of cutting the at least one thread by means of an anvil wheel and a blade-carrier wheel.
- 7. Method according to claim 1, including the step of:
- extruding and transporting a thermoplastic organic material at the same time as the thin streams of glass are drawn, wherein the paths followed by the glass filaments and the organic material converge toward one another; and
- combining the filaments and organic material to form at least one composite thread.
- 8. Method according to claim 1, including the step of recycling the at least one current of air.
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/405,947, filed on Mar. 17, 1995, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/165,510, filed on Dec. 13, 1993; now U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,611.
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Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, pp. 1566-1567 1983. |
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