Patents by Inventor Noel Witmeyer

Noel Witmeyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5405697
    Abstract: An improved output efficient polyamide-based preoriented yarn spun at a speed of at least 4000 m/min and obtained by introducing, before the spinning, of a quantity of 0.05 to 1% by weight of pyrogenic silica of particle size of between 5 and 15 nm into the molten polymer in the form of dispersion in a master mix of the same polyamide as that intended to be processed, the filaments after spinning being then cooled by means of a gas stream at room temperature and then sized and wound at a speed of between 4200 and 5800 m/min. The preoriented yarns thus prepared exhibit a delay in the orientation and are obtained with a gain in output efficiency of at least 10%, generally at least 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Fibres
    Inventors: Olivier Chaubet, Walter Roggenstein, Noel Witmeyer
  • Patent number: 5238637
    Abstract: Process for improving the output efficiency during the spinning of a polyamide-based preoriented yarn at a speed of at least 4000 m/min by introduction, before the spinning, of a quantity of 0.05 to 1% by weight of pyrogenic silica of particle size of between 5 and 15 nm into the molten polymer in the form of dispersion in a master mix of the same polyamide as than intended to be processed, the filaments after spinning being then cooled by means of a gas stream at room temperature and then sized and wound at a speed of between 4200 and 5800 m/min.The preoriented yarns thus prepared exhibit a delay in the orientation and are obtained with a gain in output efficiency of at least 10%, generally at least 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Fibres
    Inventors: Olivier Chaubet, Walter Roggenstein, Noel Witmeyer