Abstract: Fiberizing bushings for fiberizing molten materials including molten glass are heated by applying a voltage drop across the bushings wherein molten material flows through an array of hollow tips attached to, or integral with, a tip plate having orifices therein that generally align with channels through the hollow tips to form fibers. The uniformity of the diameter of the fibers produced is much improved by using tips of different lengths and/or tips having channels of differing ID's to compensate for unequal electrical heating and/or cooling effects of drawn-in ambient air that cools the tips on the extreme outer periphery and/or cooling or heating effects of external supports or cooling members running through the array of tips that cools or heats adjacent tips more than the interior tips.

Abstract: A method for determining the extent of cure of binder in a product comprising heating a sample of the product to vaporize free moisture in the sample and expel vaporized free moisture from the sample, measuring cure moisture content of the product, measuring binder content of the product, calculating a product ratio of cure moisture content to binder content, and comparing the product ratio of cure moisture content to binder content to a predetermined desirable ratio of cure moisture content to binder content.

Abstract: A process is described for treating a nonwoven fabric to improve the gripping ability of the fabric during the preparation of tufted carpets. The process includes the steps of applying an elastomeric binder to the fabric, treating the fabric to provide a series of depressions or holes in a pattern consistent with the tufting needle pattern to be subsequently applied, and then curing the binder. The resultant fabric has a pattern of holes or depressions which are essentially free of binder with excess binder squeezed from the depressions forming rings around the depressions. When the tufting needle is inserted into the depression or hole, the elastomeric ring surrounding the hole expands. Upon retraction of the needle, the elastomeric ring contracts and exerts a firm grip on the tuft in the hole.

Abstract: A method for determining the extent of cure of binder in a product comprising heating a sample of the product to vaporize free moisture in the sample and expel vaporized free moisture from the sample, measuring cure moisture content of the product, measuring binder content of the product, calculating a product ratio of cure moisture content to binder content, and comparing the product ratio of cure moisture content to binder content to a predetermined desirable ratio of cure moisture content to binder content.

Abstract: A rolled sheet product, the sheet product comprising a top layer and a bottom layer, the top layer being less ductile than the bottom layer, and the top layer facing outward in the rolled sheet product. A method of packaging a sheet product comprising a top layer and a bottom layer, the top layer being less ductile than the bottom layer, comprising winding the sheet product into a roll such that the top layer faces outward.

Abstract: Fiberizing bushings for fiberizing molten materials including molten glass are heated by applying a voltage drop across the bushings wherein molten material flows through an array of hollow tips attached to, or integral with, a tip plate having orifices therein that generally align with channels through the hollow tips to form fibers. The uniformity of the diameter of the fibers produced is much improved by using tips of different lengths and/or tips having channels of differing ID's to compensate for unequal electrical heating and/or cooling effects of drawn-in ambient air that cools the tips on the extreme outer periphery and/or cooling or heating effects of external supports or cooling members running through the array of tips that cools or heats adjacent tips more than the interior tips.

Abstract: A process is described for treating a nonwoven fabric to improve the gripping ability of the fabric during the preparation of tufted carpets. The process includes the steps of applying an elastomeric binder to the fabric, treating the fabric to provide a series of depressions or holes in a pattern consistent with the tufting needle pattern to be subsequently applied, and then curing the binder. The resultant fabric has a pattern of holes or depressions which are essentially free of binder with excess binder squeezed from the depressions forming rings around the depressions. When the tufting needle is inserted into the depression or hole, the elastomeric ring surrounding the hole expands. Upon retraction of the needle, the elastomeric ring contracts and exerts a firm grip on the tuft in the hole.