Claims
- 1. A method for making fibers from attenuable material, comprising generating a gaseous blast, generating a gaseous jet directed in a path toward the blast, the jet being generated in a region spaced laterally from the blast thereby inducing ambient gas into the jet flow in the space between said region and the blast, preventing induction of ambient gas at one side of the jet by shielding that side with a shielding element having a shielding surface which is extended substantially rectilinearly along the path of the jet in a zone intermediate the blast and the region of generation of the jet, the jet flow downstream of the shielded zone being of cross-sectional dimension smaller than the blast and having kinetic energy per unit of volume higher than that of the blast and the jet penetrating the blast and thereby creating a zone of interaction with the blast, and delivering a stream of attenuable material in attenuable condition into the influence of the ambient gas being induced by the jet toward the side thereof opposite to the shielded side thereby providing for delivery of the stream of attenuable material into the zone of interaction of the jet with the blast.
- 2. A method as defined in claim 1 in which the jet is shielded to prevent induction of ambient gas at the side of the jet which, with respect to the direction of flow of the blast, is upstream of the blast.
- 3. A method as defined in claim 1 in which the stream of attenuable material is delivered into the influence of the ambient gas being induced by the jet in a region spaced sufficiently from the blast to provide for induction of the stream along with the ambient gas into the jet upstream of the penetration of the jet into the blast.
- 4. A method as defined in claim 1 in which the stream of attenuable material is delivered into the influence of the ambient gas being induced by the jet in a region sufficiently close to the blast to provide for induction of the stream along with the ambient gas substantially directly into the zone of interaction of the jet with the blast.
- 5. A method as defined in claim 1 in which the jet is directed in a downwardly directed path and in which the stream of attenuable material is gravity fed downwardly in spaced relation to the jet into the influence of the ambient gas induced by the jet.
- 6. Equipment for making fibers from attenuable material, comprising a blast discharge device, jet generating means developing a gaseous jet having a cross-sectional dimension smaller than the blast and directed in a path transverse to and penetrating the blast, thereby developing a zone of interaction of the jet in the blast, the jet generating means being spaced from the boundary of the blast thereby providing for induction of ambient gas into the jet flow in the space between the blast and the jet generating means, a jet shielding element having a shielding surface extended substantially rectilinearly along one side of the jet in a region intermediate the blast and the jet generating means and acting to prevent substantial induction of ambient gas at said one side of the jet in said region, and means for delivering a stream of attenuable material in attenuable condition into the influence of the induced ambient gas at the other side of the jet, thereby providing for delivery of said stream into the zone of interaction of the jet in the blast.
- 7. Equipment as defined in claim 6 in which the jet shielding element has a substantially planar shielding surface extended parallel to the jet substantially along one boundary of the jet.
- 8. Equipment as defined in claim 6 in which the jet shielding element comprises a channel-shaped element embracing the jet.
- 9. Equipment as defined in claim 6 in which the jet shielding element is positioned at that side of the jet which, with relation to the direction of flow of the blast, is upstream of the blast.
- 10. Equipment as defined in claim 6 in which the jet generating means comprises a series of side-by-side jet discharge orifices positioned to direct a plurality of side-by-side jets in paths transverse to the blast, in which a means for delivering a stream of the attenuable material is associated with each jet, and in which a jet shielding element is provided having a shielding surface common to the series of jets.
- 11. Equipment as defined in claim 6 in which the jet generating means comprises a series of side-by-side jet discharge orifices positioned to direct a plurality of side-by-side jets in paths transverse to the blast, in which a means for delivering a stream of the attenuable material is associated with each jet, and in which a separate channel-shaped shielding element is provided for each jet, with the channel of each element embracing its respective jet.
- 12. Equipment as defined in claim 10 in which the jets of the series are spaced from each other sufficiently to avoid substantial impingement of the jets upon each other in the region in which the streams of attenuable material are delivered into the influence of the induced ambient gas.
- 13. Equipment as defined in claim 6 in which the jet generating means is positioned to deliver the jet downwardly and in which the material delivery means is arranged for downward gravity delivery of the stream in a position laterally offset from the jet but in the region of induction of ambient gas by the jet.
- 14. Equipment for making fibers from attenuable material, comprising a blast discharge device, jet generating means developing a gaseous jet having a cross-sectional dimension smaller than the blast and directed in a path transverse to and penetrating the blast, thereby developing a zone of interaction of the jet in the blast, the jet generating means being spaced from the boundary of the blast thereby providing for induction of ambient gas into the jet flow in the space between the blast and the jet generating means, a jet shielding element having a jet shielding surface extending along one side of the jet substantially from the jet generating means to the boundary of the blast to prevent substantial induction of ambient gas at said one side of the jet, and means for delivering a stream of attenuable material in attenuable condition into the influence of the induced ambient gas at the other side of the jet, thereby providing for delivery of said stream into the zone of interaction of the jet in the blast.
- 15. Equipment as defined in claim 14 in which the jet shielding element comprises a channel-shaped device embracing the jet.
- 16. Equipment as defined in claim 14 in which the jet generating means comprises a series of side-by-side jet discharge orifices positioned to direct a plurality of side-by-side jets in paths transverse to the blast, in which a means for delivering a stream of the attenuable material is associated with each jet, and in which a jet shielding element is provided having a shielding surface common to the series of jets.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCES
The present application is a continuation-in-part of our application Ser. No. 917,480, filed June 21, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,194,897 which is a continuation of our application Ser. No. 762,789 filed Jan. 25, 1977 and issued July 25, 1978 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,102,662. Said application Ser. No. 762,789 is a continuation-in-part of our application Ser. No. 557,282 filed Mar. 11, 1975 and issued Apr. 5, 1977 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,015,964 as well as of our application Ser. No. 676,755 filed Apr. 14, 1976 and issued Oct. 3, 1978 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,118,213. Said application Ser. No. 676,755 is also a continuation-in-part of our application Ser. No. 557,282 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,015,964 which in turn is a continuation-in-part of our application Ser. No. 353,984, filed Apr. 24, 1972 and issued May 27, 1975 as U.S. Pat. No. 3,885,940. The present application is also a continuation-in-part of our application Ser. No. 926,954, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,199,338 filed July 20, 1978, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of our application Ser. No. 834,540, filed Sept. 17, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,145,203 which in its turn is a continuation-in-part of our application Ser. No. 762,789, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,102,662 above identified.
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