George M Milner

US Patent:

56794495, Oct 21, 1997

Filed:

Jun 1, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/457441

Inventors:

Vahid Ebadat - Lawrenceville NJ
George M. Milner - Summerville SC
Robert J. Pappas - Mt. Pleasant SC

Assignee:

Linq Industrial Fabrics, Inc. - Summerville SC

International Classification:

D04H 158

US Classification:

428288

Abstract:

A system with reduced electrostatic discharge including woven fabric configured into a flexible container and having sufficient electrical resistivity to allow discharges of energy from the fabric of below about one-hundred nanocoulombs when the fabric is charged to more than about negative ten thousand volts. The flexible fabric container with a reduced potential for incendiary discharge may further include quasi-conductive fibers or a combination of quasi-conductive fibers and an antistatic coating. The quasi-conductive fibers further may be woven into the fabric. The present invention also discloses a method for reducing electrostatic discharge in ungrounded type flexible fabric container systems by providing a flexible fabric container made from woven fabric and adjusting the electric resistivity of the woven fabric to allow the flow of electricity through the fabric at a rate allowing discharges at below about one-hundred nanocoulombs when the fabric is charged at more than about negative ten kilovolts.

US Patent:

61127728, Sep 5, 2000

Filed:

Oct 20, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/954035

Inventors:

Vahid Ebadat - Lawrenceville NJ
George M. Milner - Summerville SC
Robert J. Pappas - Mt. Pleasant SC

Assignee:

Linq Industrial Fabrics, Inc. - Summerville SC

International Classification:

D03D 1500

US Classification:

139 1R

Abstract:

A system with reduced electrostatic discharge including woven fabric configured into a flexible container and having sufficient electrical resistivity to allow discharges of energy from the fabric of below about one-hundred nanocoulombs when the fabric is charged to more than about negative ten thousand volts. The flexible fabric container with a reduced potential for incendiary discharge may further include quasi-conductive fibers or a combination of quasi-conductive fibers and an antistatic coating. The quasi-conductive fibers further may be woven into the fabric. The present invention also discloses a method for reducing electrostatic discharge in ungrounded type flexible fabric container systems by providing a flexible fabric container made from woven fabric and adjusting the electric resistivity of the woven fabric to allow the flow of electricity through the fabric at a rate allowing discharges at below about one-hundred nanocoulombs when the fabric is charged at more than about negative ten kilovolts.

US Patent:

54781540, Dec 26, 1995

Filed:

Jun 1, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/252660

Inventors:

Robert J. Pappas - Mt. Pleasant SC
George M. Milner - Summerville SC
Vahid Ebadat - Lawrenceville NJ

Assignee:

Linq Industrial Fabrics, Inc. - Summerville SC

International Classification:

B65D 3004
D02G 300

US Classification:

383117

Abstract:

A quasi-conductive woven fabric section including quasi-conductive fibers, which reduce the potential for incendiary discharge. The woven fabric section may further include an antistatic coating. The coating may be applied to an entire surface of the woven fabric section or it may coat about one-half of the section. A process is disclosed for making flexible fabric containers with a reduced potential for incendiary discharge made of woven fabric sections including the quasi-conductive fibers. In addition, a process is disclosed for making such containers with a reduced potential for incendiary discharge including an antistatic coating on the containers, either over the entire surface or over approximately half of the surface.