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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392575 | Method and machine for producing a nonwoven fabric with reduction of displacement speed of the compacted mat The invention concerns a machine for producing a nonwoven fabric comprising a conveyor for transmitting a mat to means designed to compact same in thickness and means designed to reduce the speed of the web while it is being compacted, by the compacting means, there... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7131171 | Method for restoring bulkiness of nonwoven fabric A method for restoring bulkiness of nonwoven fabric which contains crimped thermoplastic fiber and is in a roll form is disclosed. The method comprises unwinding the nonwoven fabric from the stock roll, and blowing hot air to the unwound nonwoven fabric by a through... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6588080 | Controlled loft and density nonwoven webs and method for producing 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 f... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6298529 | Method for the formation and conditioning of insulating felts and a device to implement the formation and conditioning A method for forming and conditioning insulating felts of fibrous products whereby an insulating blanket is transported continuously on a transporting device, the insulating blanket is cut into a plurality of fiber strips, the fiber strips are driven by a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5783505 | Compostable and biodegradable compositions of a blend of natural cellulosic and thermoplastic biodegradable fibers Compostable and biodegradable compositions of a blend of natural cellulosic and thermoplastic biodegradable fibers are disclosed. Typically the compositions include cotton and cellulose acetate. A process for the manufacture of a nonwoven composition whic... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5718022 | Method for making a nonwoven fabric lap using pressurized water jets, and apparatus therefore A web of non woven textile fabric is fed on a porous belt into the nip between the belt and a rotating porous drum to compress the web within the nip. A curtain of water is passed through the web while it is in the nip into the drum and a vacuum is drawn ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5593746 | Thermally insulating batt for winter apparel, quilts, sleeping bags and the like, the process of preparation thereof and fabrics together and the thermally insulating batt An improved thermally insulating batt particularly designed for use as filling material for winter apparel, quilts, sleeping bags and the like, is produced by first preparing carded webs consisting of natural or synthetic fibers, plying several webs to fo... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5296278 | Gastight woven fabric sheet for air bags and a process for producing same A gastight woven fabric sheet for air bags having no risk of burning a person due to formation of gas-permeable perforations and gas flowing out when the air bag is inflated, a high burst strength due to a reinforcing effect by adhesion, and a satisfactor... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5269994 | Nonwoven bonding technique Thermally bonding nonwoven fabrics having superior tensile stength without decreased absorbency are prepared by supplying a web to a hot calender bonding system and passing the resulting calendered web to a hot-air bonding system.... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4999232 | Making new stretchable batts Improved stretchable battings of differentially-shrinkable bicomponent staple fibers are obtained by cross-lapping webs, e.g. from cards, garnets or the like machines, at an angle that determines and controls the degrees of stretch in the machine directio... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4454189 | Sheet of polyphenylene sulfide filaments and process for producing the same This invention relates to a sheet which is formed by randomly dispersing and accumulating polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) filaments and to a process for producing the same. The filaments drawn by a high-velocity air stream are formed directly into a sheet. Th... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4300968 | Method for bonding fibrous web materials A method for bonding an unbonded fibrous web of natural and/or synthetic fibers by means of a binder which is cured by exposure to UV light, wherein the fibrous web is first compressed, smoothed, and heated, then one or both surfaces of the web is printed... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4146417 | Method for producing bonded nonwoven fabrics using ionizing radiation A method for producing a resin-bonded nonwoven fabric comprising forming a fibrous web, compressing the web to provide fiber to fiber contact, applying a polymerizable binder to the fibrous web and treating the web with the binder thereon with ionizing ra... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4119447 | Method of reordering fibres in a web Fibres in a web are redistributed by ultrasonic vibration between two rigid members, for example to unite two webs together or to create a pattern of fibre orientation and fibre density; and preferably one of the members is a forwarding roll which forward... | 10/10/1978 |
| 3975224 | Dimensionally stable, high-tenacity non-woven webs and process Dimensionally stable, high-tenacity non-woven webs and process for their manufacture. The non-woven webs of the invention are distinguished by a relative grab-tensile strength of at least 200 p/g/m2, a breaking extension of not more than 50% an... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3943613 | Process for the shrinking and structure developments of textile webs and the like A process for the shrinking and structure development of textile webs, particularly knitted goods or webs of textured synthetic yarns and the like, comprises the steps of subjecting the web under tension-free conditions to a first combined washing or clea... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3939536 | Apparatus for imparting a random wrinkled or crushed appearance to pile fabrics Apparatus for compressing an accumulated mass of fabric to impart a change in its physical appearance wherein the fabric is continuously gravitationally fed in accumulated form to compression means. The apparatus is specifically directed to imparting a cr... | 02/24/1976 |
