IP Library Granted Patent US 7,980,838
Granted Patent B2
US 7,980,838 · App. 12/078,003 · Granted Jul 19, 2011

Electric spinning apparatus for mass-production of nano-fiber

Assignee: Finetex Ene, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,980,838
App. No.
12/078,003
Granted
Jul 19, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrospinning apparatus for mass-production of nanofibers, particularly to an electrospinning apparatus with an electric stability and an improved nozzle blocks. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus for the mass-production of nanofiber comprises at least one nozzle block having a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged in the horizontal and vertical direction; a collector installed over the nozzle blocks in order to correspond to the nozzle blocks and maintain a certain distance in between; a power source to apply voltage difference between the nozzle block and the collector; and a spinning solution container to supply the spinning solution to the nozzle block, wherein the nozzle block and the collector are connected to the positive terminal and the negative terminal, respectively and among a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged along the horizontal line, a spinning nozzle in the middle and a spinning nozzle in the end have different height.

Claims (30)

1. A bottom-up electrospinning apparatus for the mass-production of nanofibers comprising:

at least one nozzle block having a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged in the horizontal and vertical direction;

a collector installed over the nozzle blocks in order to correspond to the nozzle blocks and maintain a certain spinning distance in between;

a power source to apply voltage difference between the nozzle block and the collector; and

a spinning solution container to supply the spinning solution to the nozzle block;

wherein the nozzle block and the collector are connected to the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the power source, respectively such that they have different polarity, and among a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged along a horizontal line, a spinning nozzle in the middle and a spinning nozzle in the end have different height;

wherein the plurality of spinning nozzles are arranged according to a filling structure having a repeating unit structure along a process direction relative to the nozzle block; and

wherein the filling structure comprises an arrangement of the plurality of spinning nozzles such that spinning nozzles in adjacent horizontal lines are offset, with each spinning nozzle in one horizontal line being disposed between two spinning nozzles of an adjacent horizontal line in the process direction.

2. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spinning solution container is positioned higher than the nozzle block on the basis of the ground.

3. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a screen cover with grid structure is installed over the nozzle block.

4. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom-up electrospinning apparatus further comprises a fixing table for fixing the nozzle block.

5. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the height of the fixing table is adjustable.

6. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the height of the spinning nozzle in the middle is higher than that of the spinning nozzle in the end.

7. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the height of spinning nozzle arranged along the horizontal line is symmetrical about the center.

8. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the height of spinning nozzles along the horizontal line is getting higher from the end toward the center.

9. A bottom-up electrospinning apparatus for the mass-production of nanofibers comprising:

at least one nozzle block having a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged in the horizontal and vertical direction;

a collector installed over the nozzle blocks in order to correspond to the nozzle blocks and maintain a certain spinning distance in between;

a power source to apply voltage difference between the nozzle block and the collector; and

a spinning solution container to supply the spinning solution to the nozzle block;

wherein the nozzle block and the collector are connected to the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the power source, respectively such that they have different polarity, and among a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged along a horizontal line, a spinning nozzle in the middle and a spinning nozzle in the end have different height,

wherein a screen cover with grid structure is installed over the nozzle block, and

wherein the top surface of the nozzle block is inclined toward the edge in order that a dropped spinning solution may flow down.

10. The bottom-up electrospinning apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the bottom-up electrospinning apparatus further comprises a container for collecting a dropped spinning solution.

11. A nozzle block used in the bottom-up electrospinning apparatus for mass-production of nanofibers, wherein a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged in the horizontal and vertical direction is included and at least two of a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged on a horizontal line have different height;

wherein the plurality of spinning nozzles are arranged according to a filling structure having a repeating unit structure along a process direction relative to the nozzle block; and

wherein the filling structure comprises an arrangement of the plurality of spinning nozzles such that spinning nozzles in adjacent horizontal lines are offset, with each spinning nozzle in one horizontal line being disposed between two spinning nozzles of an adjacent horizontal line in the process direction.

12. The nozzle block according to the claim 11 , wherein at least two spinning nozzles having different height are arranged symmetrically on the basis of the middle spinning nozzle on the horizontal line such that the height of the spinning nozzles is symmetrical.

13. The nozzle block according to the claim 11 , wherein the spinning nozzle located in both ends among at least two spinning nozzles having different height is lower than the spinning nozzle in the middle.

14. The nozzle block according to the claim 11 , wherein the top surface of the nozzle block is inclined toward the edge of the nozzle block in order that the spinning solution dropped during the electrospinning process flows down.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 22, 2012
From: FINETEX ENE, INC.
To: POLARTEC, LLC
Reel/Frame 027915/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2011
From: PARK, JONG-CHUL
To: FINETEX ENE, INC.
Reel/Frame 026406/0955 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2007-0029866 · Mar 27, 2007 · national
KR 10-2007-0044036 · May 7, 2007 · national
KR 10-2008-0003649 · Jan 11, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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