Patent ID: 8277712

Claim:
A method of spinning fibers comprising the steps of: providing a material for use in forming fibers; providing a fiberizer with a spinneret capable of being spun about a shaft comprising one or more stacked, thin circular plates; providing a housing device containing the one or more plates; at least one of the plates or the housing unit having a central opening to receive material to be formed into fibers; at least one of the plates having a groove which defines an outflow edge peripheral to the plate; the one or more plates and housing unit cooperating to form a chamber for receiving the fiber forming material and to allow the flow of material along a radial path whereby the outflow edge will define a spinneret orifice through which fibers are extruded, and wherein the one or more said plates have holes and are stacked so as to offset adjacent holes in adjacent plates to define a non-linear path; delivering the material to said spinneret with a rotating means; moving the material through said spinneret and utilizing the plates so as to define a distribution path; extruding the material via an outflow edge located on one of the plates and peripheral to the plate; and collecting the spun fibers.