Patents Assigned to Japan Inorganic Material Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 4525190
    Abstract: A method for producing glass fibers with centrifugal force, comprising melting raw materials for the production of glass fibers in a melting furnace, flowing-down the molten glass from a nozzle at the bottom of the furnace so as to let the molten glass fall onto grooves coated with a glass layer, the grooves being engraved around the total peripheral part of a rotary disc provided below the melting furnace and rotating at a high speed, and simultaneously discharging a combustion gas from a ring burner provided above the inner part of the rotary disc radially to the surroundings of the rotary disc so as to control and maintain the grooves to a prescribed temperature; and an apparatus therefor. The molten glass falling onto the grooves is elongated fibrously by radially spouting the molten glass to the surroundings of the rotary disc with the aid of centrifugal effect due to the rotation of the disc, and thus the production of glass fibers can be done satisfactorily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Japan Inorganic Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawai, Mitsuru Nakagawa, Shinji Yanase, Kiyoshi Kawai
  • Patent number: 4483699
    Abstract: A method for producing glass fibers with centrifugal force, comprising melting raw materials for the production of glass fibers in a melting furnace, flowing-down the molten glass from a nozzle at the bottom of the furnace so as to let the molten glass fall onto grooves coated with a glass layer, the grooves being engraved around the total peripheral part of a rotary disc provided below the melting furnace and rotating at a high speed, and simultaneously discharging a combustion gas from a ring burner provided above the inner part of the rotary disc radially to the surroundings of the rotary disc so as to control and maintain the grooves to a prescribed temperature; and an apparatus therefor. The molten glass falling onto the grooves is elongated fibrously by radially spouting the molten glass to the surroundings of the rotary disc with the aid of centrifugal effect due to the rotation of the disc, and thus the production of glass fibers can be done satisfactorily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Japan Inorganic Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawai, Mitsuru Nakagawa, Shinji Yanase, Kiyoshi Kawai
  • Patent number: 4124363
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an inorganic fibers through a pendent process wherein melted glass is allowed to flow down by its own weight in a state of fine streams through a plurality of nozzle holes perforating through the bottom of a glass melting furnace; the pendent fine streams of melted glass are guided through a guide member to an intermediate nipping part formed by a pair of vaned rotors or rolls to make them into fibers by inserting them in between layers of air flowing at a high velocity through clearances provided between the circumferences of the rotors or rolls and their covers; a binder is added to the fibers thus produced; and then the fibers are transferred by suction on to an endless conveyor to be formed into a coiled or sheet-like product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Assignee: Japan Inorganic Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Motochika Kawai
  • Patent number: 4038089
    Abstract: Process for producing vitreous fibers containing cement as major constituent, comprising making fibers from a molten mixture of powders containing cement as a major constituent and silica sand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Japan Inorganic Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawai