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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7156263 | System and method for metering fibrous material A system and method are used to meter fibrous material into a concrete mixture. The system includes an endless conveyor belt rotatably supported on first and second rollers. Pick up members on the belt project into the direction of travel for collecting fibrous mate... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141142 | Method of making paper using reformable fabrics Papermaking fabrics, particularly those fabrics useful for making tissue and towel products, can be modified to alter their structure, such as surface texture, and re-used to make a different product. The fabrics can be modified after removal from the paper machine ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7045026 | Process for making a fibrous structure comprising cellulosic and synthetic fibers A fibrous structure and method for making the fibrous structure, wherein the method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of synthetic fibers onto a forming member having a pattern of channels such that at least some of the synthetic fibers are disposed in th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6981297 | Controlled placement of a reinforcing web within a fibrous absorbent Apparatus for forming an air formed, reinforced fibrous web has a form member on which fluent fibrous material is deposited in an air formed deposition process. The fibrous web may be used as an absorbent core of an absorbent article. The form member has a forming s... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6460224 | Device and method for producing a fiber composite Method for the production of a fiber composite by placing fibers on a support, wherein long fibers are used at least as an essential component for the production of a nonwoven fabric (70). Said fibers are fed to at least one delivery head (A, A1, A2) subs... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6330735 | Apparatus and process for forming a laid fibrous web with enhanced basis weight capability A method and apparatus for forming an airlaid fibrous web on a moving surface can include a contoured foraminous member (62) having a first side portion (66), a laterally opposed second side portion (68), and a depth contour. A longitudinally extending, f... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6098249 | Apparatus for forming controlled density fibrous pads for diapers and the other absorbent products The present invention provides an improved apparatus for forming a fibrous pad for absorbent products with improved density control. Fibers entrained in a high speed air flow are deposited onto the foraminous surface of a spaced, three-dimensional pad-for... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5893197 | Method for the shaping of fibres with assistance of electric charge A method for manufacturing an absorbent structure in an absorbent product such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or similar product, which is manufactured by air-permeable forming elements. In the present method, the constituent fibres or similar ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5873150 | Method and apparatus for distributing long fibers A method and apparatus for distributing reinforcement fibers includes a chute for supplying reinforcement fibers, the chute having an outlet end, and a metering belt mounted for endless travel along a first path at the outlet end of the chute. The meterin... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5766388 | Process for forming laminated absorbent structures having reduced delamination tendencies The present invention utilizes the smooth continuous motion of a masking belt to concentrate air-entrained absorbent materials on the surface of a moving fibrous substrate. Air flowing through the open areas of the masking belt carries the entrained mater... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5575874 | Method for making shaped nonwoven fabric A shaped nonwoven fabric comprises continuous spunbond filaments made by directly forming the spunbond filaments into a web in a single process. The fabric has an array of discrete surface features such as apertures or projections, or both. The spunbond f... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5427723 | Intermittent, machine-direction fluff contouring method A distinctive method for contouring a fibrous web includes the steps of (a) providing a fibrous web which defines an interconnected series of appointed article segments along a length dimension of said web, and (b) conveying said web at a selected speed a... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5288220 | Intermittent, machine-direction fluff contouring roll A distinctive apparatus for contouring a fibrous web includes a supplying mechanism for providing a fibrous web which defines an interconnected series of appointed article segments along a length dimension of the web. A conveying mechanism moves the web a... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5165979 | Three-dimensional polymer webs with improved physical properties There is disclosed a three dimensional nonwoven web consisting of drawn and unoriented thermoplastic fibers formed from a blend of polypropylene and polybutylene, wherein the blend by weight is from 90% to 70% polypropylene and from 10% to 30% polybutylen... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5076774 | Apparatus for forming three dimensional composite webs Apparatus for forming three dimensional shaped webs. The apparatus controls the flow of entraining air for an air laid web by restricting passage of the air through selected zones of a condensing surface. By limiting the open area in a zone of a suction p... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4976012 | Method of forming a web A method of preparing a reinforcing web for a composite structure. A continuous strand is deposited in a bed of pins according to a desired pattern such as overlapped rows of shingled loops.... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4799294 | Apparatus for making slivers from a lap For use in the making of slivers from a lap, an apparatus is proposed which comprises a plurality of tooth-carrying carding drums (3, 4, 5, 6), which succeed each other in the direction of travel of the lap. Each carding drum (4, 5, 6) which succeeds anot... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4741941 | Nonwoven web with projections Nonwoven web and method of making including interbonded thermoplastic fibers in an array of hollow projections extending outwardly from at least one surface of said web. The projections are separated by land areas of interbonded fibers, and the fiber orie... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4715924 | Apparatus for forming a web A robotized apparatus for forming a web to be used as a reinforcement in a plastic composite. The apparatus has a dispensing head including a freely rotatable tube which is moved according to a desired pattern. The tube terminates in a horn from which a c... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4619723 | Method for preformation of cushion and apparatus therefor A method for the preformation of a cushion for a seat, characterized by feeding an aggregate of three-dimensional curled short-fiber filaments to conveyor means, causing said conveyor carring thereon said aggregate of filament to be advanced under a rotar... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4486921 | Apparatus for producing a lap for a carding machine An apparatus for forming a fiber lap to be processed by a carding machine includes a generally vertically oriented feed chute having generally parallel and vertically oriented front and rear walls. The chute has an opening at the top for receiving fiber t... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4280253 | Method for collecting fibrous material A method and apparatus for collecting fibrous material (14) comprises distributing the fibrous material (14) onto a collection surface (18) to form a pack (20), and intercepting a portion of the fibrous material (14) during formation of the pack (20) with... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4160059 | Adsorptive nonwoven fabric comprising fused fibers, non-fused fibers and absorptive material and method of making same A novel adsorptive nonwoven fabric having good strength as well as good permeability and softness and a method of making the same is disclosed. This product consists essentially of supporting fibers containing a heat-fusible fiber and an adsorptive materi... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4070235 | Method of making biaxially oriented nonwoven fabrics A nonwoven fabric having alternating stripes of high fiber density and low fiber density has fibers of at least 1/2 inch in length and fibers of less than 1/2 inch in length, preferably under 1/4 inch in length. The fabric is made in such a manner as to p... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4054628 | Method of making biaxially oriented nonwoven fabrics A method of making a nonwoven fabric having alternating stripes of high fiber density and low fiber density is described wherein substantially all of the fibers in the stripes of high fiber density are oriented in substantially one direction, for example ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3973291 | Method for forming fibrous pads A method for forming discrete fibrous pads including the steps of entraining fibers in air to form an air-suspension of fibers and directing the suspension selectively to different predetermined regions of a pad-formation assembly to form discrete fibrous... | 08/10/1976 |
