Abstract: Apparatus for and method of producing glass strand including withdrawing spaced apart continuous glass filaments from streams of molten glass; advancing the filaments along converging paths to a gathering member, the advancing filaments moving air with them; applying a coating substance to the filaments; gathering the filaments into a strand; and removing any excess coating substance from the strand by diverting at least some of the moving air to flow generally transversely across the path of the advancing strand.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 10, 1974
Date of Patent:
August 31, 1976
Assignee:
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Inventors:
Ray M. Fulmer, Raymond L. Lochlear, Jr.