Nonwoven lapped product having strength and edges, process and apparatus for making same
US5373610A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD01G25/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An unwinding carriage (14) is fed with a fiber web (4). This unwinding carriage (14) is displaced in a to-and-fro movement, causing it to deposit the web (4) on an exit conveyor (8) driven transversely to the movement of the unwinding carriage (14), so as to produce a lap (6) consisting of successive breadths of web inclined alternately in relation to the longitudinal direction of the exit conveyor (8), these breadths being joined by means of folds defining the edges of the lap produced (6). The advance of the exit conveyor (8) at the moments of the changes in direction of the unwinding carriage (14) is maintained. During these changes in direction, the unwound quantity of web (4) is restricted so as to exert on the fibers, between the exit conveyor (8) and the unwinding carriage (14), a pull tending to orient the fibers which form the folds of the web in the lap (6) parallel to the longitudinal direction of the exit conveyor (8). The invention is used particularly for making needled products.
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