Patents Assigned to Ikon Technology Corp.
  • Method for orienting pile fibers of a wet elongated web
    Patent number: 4261760
    Abstract: Liquid is removed from a pile face of an elongated web and the pile is simultaneously oriented so that its lateral edges are folded inwardly and the remainder of the pile is rendered flat and unidirectional by advancing the web over a suction head having a suction port which extends transversely at least across the full width of the advancing web; the suction head also having passageways at transversely opposite ends of the suction port communicating with the exterior of the suction head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Ikon Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Kandel