Controlled loft and density nonwoven webs and method for producing same
US6998164B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/23964
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lofty, nonwoven material having a nonwoven web having a plurality of substantially continuous fibers oriented in a z-direction of the nonwoven web and a method for producing the lofty, nonwoven material from as-formed z-direction fibers. The method is fast, having no mechanical manipulation of the fibers to slow it down, easily adjustable and allows for in-line processing. The material can be varied from preponderantly open to preponderantly closed in its web structure.
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