Patent ID: 8658067

Claim:
A microfiber and/or nanofiber producing system comprising: a fiber producing device comprising a body, the body comprising a plurality of openings and a coupling member, wherein the body is configured to receive material to be produced into a fiber; a driver capable of rotating the body, wherein the body is couplable to the driver through the coupling member; a deposition system that directs fibers produced by the fiber producing device toward a substrate disposed below the fiber producing device during use, wherein the deposition system comprises an electrostatic plate positioned below the substrate, wherein the electrostatic plate has an opposite charge to a charge of the fibers produced by the fiber producing device such the produced fibers are drawn toward the substrate due to an electrostatic attraction to the electrostatic plate; and a substrate transfer system, wherein the substrate transfer system moves a continuous sheet of substrate material through the deposition system; wherein, during use, rotation of the body coupled to the driver causes material in the body to be ejected through one or more openings to produce microfibers and/or nanofibers that are at least partially transferred to the substrate.