Patent ID: 9359694
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: D01D

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for collecting fiber threads from many fiber branches comprising: a first disk adapted to sustain an electromagnetic field and rotate about a first axis; a second disk adapted to sustain an electromagnetic field and rotate about a second axis, said second axis substantially aligned in a common plane to said first axis; a support structure for positioning said first disk and said second disk so that separation between a first portion of said first disk and a corresponding first portion of said second disk is less than corresponding second portions of said first and second disks; an electrically chargeable syringe needle for electrospinning at least polymer fiber streams, said syringe needle having a tip positioned offset away from and substantially centered between an edge of said first disk and an edge of said second disk realizing an electrical potential difference; at least one high voltage power supply for applying a charge to said syringe needle, said first disk, and said second disk; a first disk-speed control motor and a first shaft, said first shaft attached to said first disk; a second disk-speed control motor and a second shaft, said second shaft attached to said second disk, and a disk-speed controller adapted to synchronize rotation of said first disk and said second disk.