METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-LINE SPLITTING OF PLURAL-COMPONENT FIBERS AND FORMATION OF NONWOVEN FABRICS - Patent 1024940

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EP 1 024 940 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/32

(21)	Application number: 98953364.1

(22)	Date of filing: 09.10.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B29C 47/14, D02G 3/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9821/378

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9919/131 (22.04.1999 Gazette 1999/16)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT SE

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Priority:

09.10.1997 US 61460 P

(71)	Applicant: HILLS, INC.
	W.Melbourne, FL 32904 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HAGGARD, Jeffrey, S. Cocoa, FL 32926 (US) WILKIE, Arnold, E. Merritt Island, FL 32952 (US) HARRIS, Frank, O. Rogersville, T X 37857 (US) DUGAN, Jeffrey, Scott Erwin, TN 37650 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hucker, Charlotte Jane
	Gill Jennings & EveryBroadgate House,7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-LINE SPLITTING OF PLURAL-COMPONENT FIBERS AND FORMATION OF NONWOVEN FABRICS