Patent · US Expired

Needled nonwoven material and method for making same

US3994759A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1975
Grant dateNov 30, 1976
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Expiry dateJan 15, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/159
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Heat shrinkable fibers are laid down on a backing element, needle-punched and thereafter heated on one surface of the needle-punched fabric in a relaxed condition to a temperature to fuse at least a portion of the fibers adjacent the heated surface and shrink said fibers and first material surface relative to the opposed surface for providing a nonwoven material having a randomly uneven surface. In another embodiment, the backing element is eliminated.

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