Appeal No. 2006-1153
Application No. 10/123,269
web binder, thereby providing an adhesive to bind that least some
of the unbonded filaments of the first layer of glass filaments
to at least some of the unbonded filaments of the second layer of
glass filaments. Further details regarding this subject matter
are set forth in representative independent claim 1 which reads
as follows:
1. A method of producing a glass strand mat,
comprising:
distributing unbonded glass filaments onto a surface to
form a first layer of glass filaments, at least some of the
first layer of glass filaments being unbonded glass
filaments;
disposing an adhesive web binder over the first layer
of glass filaments;
distributing unbonded glass filaments over the adhesive
web binder to form a second layer of glass filaments,
thereby creating a lay-up, at least some of the second layer
of glass filaments being unbonded glass filaments;
heating the lay-up to a temperature sufficient to at
least partially melt the adhesive web binder, thereby
providing an adhesive to bind at least some of the unbonded
filaments of the first layer of glass filaments to at least
some of the unbonded filaments of the second layer of glass
filaments; and
compacting the lay-up to create the glass and strand
mat.
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