Apparatus for producing nonwoven fibrous product

Claim 1

APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DISCLOSED, IN COMBINATION, A ROTATABLE CREEL ARRANGED TO SUPPORT A PLUALITY OF PACKAGES OF FILAMENTARY BODIES, A DRUM, A SINGLE ENDLESS FLEXIBLE METAL TAPE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE PARALLEL FLIGHTS MOVABLE IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AN ENDLESS METAL SHEET PROVIDING A CONVEYOR ENGAGING THE PERIPHERY OF THE DRUM, A ROLL SPACED FROM THE DRUM ENGAGING THE METAL SHEET, SAID PARALLEL FLIGHTS OF THE TAPE ENGAGING THE METAL SHEET, MEANS FOR CONCOMITANTLY ROTATING SAID CREEL TO EFFECT A WINDING OF THE FILAMENTARY BODIES FROM THE PACKAGES AROUND THE FLIGHTS OF THE TAPE AND ROTATING THE DRUM TO ADVANCE THE METAL SHEET AND THE PARALLEL FLIGHTS OF THE TAPE, MEANS FOR APPLYING A BONDING AGENT TO THE FILAMENTARY BODIES, MEANS FOR HEAT TREATING THE BONDING AGENT, SAID TAPE ADVANCING AT A RATE WHEREBY THE ANGULARITY OF DEPOSITION OF THE FILAMENTARY BODIES ON THE TAPE FLIGHTS FORMS AN UNWOVEN PRODUCT, SAID BONDING AGENT MAINTAINING THE FILAMENTARY BODIES OF THE PRODUCT IN CROSSING RELATION, AND MEANS FOR REMOVING THE UNWOVEN PRODUCT FROM THE FLIGHTS OF TAPE.