Patents Assigned to Fulton Bank
  • Patent number: 6616889
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a flexible sheet product having liquid absorbent qualities. The apparatus generally includes first and second competing vacuum systems pulling air in substantially opposite directions into first and second moving screens, respectively. A molten polymer-based material, which is blown into the first and second competing vacuum systems, is pulled in substantially opposite directions onto the first and second moving screens. The liquid polymer-based material fiberizes as it is being pulled apart by the competing vacuum systems creating a web of fibrous material which cures to develop the flexible sheet product having liquid absorbent qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Fulton Bank
    Inventor: David Smith