Apparatus and high speed method for coating elongated fibers

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PATENT NO 5310582
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08020112

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An apparatus and method for uniformly coating a fiber or tow of fibers (10) with a powder at relatively high speed to produce a prepreg. The apparatus uses an elongated chamber (401) in a container (400) for confining the fiber which is coated by an aerosol of powder dispensed from a powder dispensing apparatus (500) in counter-current mode. A fiber tensioning apparatus (300) for the fiber maintains the proper tensioning of the fibers spread by a speaker (201) below the fibers on roller bars (203) so that the uniformly spread fibers are fed to the chamber (401). A heater apparatus (600) fuses the powder to the fiber and then is taken up on a spool (700).

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  • BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Drzal, Lawrence T Okemos, MI 51 999
Vyakarnam, Murty N East Lansing, MI 22 10204

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