Fabric making method and apparatus

Claim 1

A METHOD OF FORMING A WEB OF FIBROUS MATERIALS ON A PAIR OF CLOSELY SPACED ROTATING FORAMINOUS SCREENS MOUNTED IN A CHAMBER WHICH COMPRISES: (A) MOVING SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL CONTAINING A DRY, POWDERED RESIN TO AN ENTRANCE END AND INTO SAID CHAMBER CONTAINING SAID SCREENS; (B) CREATING A SUCTIN INTERIORLY OF SAID SCREENS TO DRAW THE FIBROUS MATERIAL AND RESIN ONTO THE SCREENS; AND (C) PROJECTING SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL AND SAID RESIN ACROSS SAID CHAMBER BY A FLOW OF THE AIR FROM ADJACENT THE ENTANCE END TOWARD SAID SCREENS, SAID FLOW OF AIR AND SUCTION AND THE SHAPE OF THE CHAMBER BEING SUCH THAT SUBSTANTIALLY HOMOGENEOUS WEBS ARE FORMED ON SAID SCREENS, SAID CHAMBER BEING UNDER A HIGHER DIFFERENTIAL IN PRESSURE THAN THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE SCREENS, THE FIBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY DRY AND FLUFFY, THE FIBERS AND RESIN ARE LIGHT ENOUGH SO THAT A TURBULENT ACTION OCCURS IN SAID CHAMBER AND AT SAID SCREENS TO THE END OF THE FIBERS AND RESIN WHEN IN THE WEBS ARE THOROUGHLY INTERMINGLED AND THE FIBERS ARE LAID IN THE WEB AT RANDOM WITH A MAJOR PORTION OF THE FIBERS EXTENDINGA T ANGLES TO THE SURFACE OF THE WEB INCLUDING A NORMAL ANGLE.