Patent ID: 8721319
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: D01D,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for creating superfine fibers, comprising: a spinneret comrising: a driver, wherein the spinneret is couplable to the driver, and wherein the driver is capable of rotating the spinneret; and a superfine fiber collection device at least partially surrounding the spinneret, wherein the collection device does not include a device capable of generating an electric field, proximate to the spinneret, that is sufficient to draw a fiber from the needles of the spinneret; wherein the driver rotates the spinneret at a speed sufficient to causes at least a portion of the material disposed in the body or one or more of the needles to be ejected through one or more of the needles and form superfine fibers as the ejected material solidifies.