Title:
【発明の名称】不織布及び不織布を製造するための方法及び装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002534619
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An apparatus for fabricating a unique nonwoven fabric which has the appearance of a woven fabric includes a supply station for parallel warp yarns, a support structure for orienting the parallel warp yarns into a cylindrical orientation, a weft yarn applicator for wrapping weft yarns around the cylindrically oriented warp yarns after an adhesive scrim has been overlaid onto the warp yarns, a heating station for activating the adhesive and a cooling station for setting the adhesive, and a cutter for severing the cylindrically formed fabric laminate so that it can be flattened and wrapped onto a take-up roller. The weft yarn applicator including a rotating drum wherein a plurality of spools of weft yarn material are mounted in circumferentially spaced relationship and a tensioner is provided for applying the weft yarn material around the warp yarns in a predetermined tension which may be the same as, greater than, or less than the tension in the warp yarns.
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Inventors:
Wolderby, Corson
Swisks, Paul
David Hartman
Swisks, Paul
David Hartman
Application Number:
JP2000593145A
Publication Date:
October 15, 2002
Filing Date:
January 10, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Hunter Douglas Industries B.F.
International Classes:
D04H3/12; B29C53/80; B29C70/20; B29C70/22; B65H51/005; B65H81/00; D02J1/18; D04H3/002; D04H3/005; D04H3/015; D04H3/04; D04H3/07; D04H17/00; D06H7/08; (IPC1-7): D04H17/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS5083567A | 1975-07-05 | |||
| JPS57197126A | 1982-12-03 | |||
| JPS5234073A | 1977-03-15 | |||
| JPH01210318A | 1989-08-23 | |||
| JPH04263929A | 1992-09-18 |
Foreign References:
| WO1998006247A1 | 1998-02-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (4 outside)