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Apparatus for needling a non-woven material

US6748633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 2002
Grant dateJun 15, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04H18/02
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is described for needling a non-woven material with a support (3) which receives at least one needleboard (1) and is drivable in a reciprocating fashion both in the needle-penetration direction (5) as well as the direction of passage (6) of the non-woven material and on which are coupled the connecting rods (10) of two oppositely drivable eccentric drives (8, 9) for the drive in the needle-penetration direction (5) and on which there acts at least one additional eccentric drive (12). In order to provide advantageous constructional conditions it is proposed that the connecting rods (10) of the two oppositely drivable eccentric drives (8, 9) extend inclined in opposite directions with respect to the needle-penetration direction (5), that the additional eccentric drive (12) revolves synchronously with one of the two other eccentric drives (8, 9), that the connecting rod (15) of the additional eccentric drive (12) which is also linked to the support (3) forms with the connecting rod (10) of the synchronously revolving eccentric drive (8) a parallelogram of links for guiding the support (3) and that the eccentric drives (8, 9) which are drivable in opposite directions are p…

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