Method for producing a lofted mat

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Direct application of fluid pressure differential to... – Bulk deposition of particles by differential fluid pressure

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264168, 264177F, 2642108, B24J 500

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ABSTRACT:
A lofted mat of filaments is produced from process and apparatus including: supplying a plurality of streams of molten polymeric material; attenuating said streams of material into continous filaments through the action of a stream of fluid moving from an attenuation means; said filaments being entrained in said fluid moving from said attenuation means, said filaments having non-uniform residual stresses established therein; moving said stream of fluid and filaments along a first surface positioned intermediate said attenuation means and a foraminous surface; establishing a vacuum at said foraminous surface; directing said stream of fluid and filaments into said foraminous surface obliquely oriented with respect to said first surface such that a first portion of said fluid separates from the filaments and passes through said foraminous surface and a second portion of said fluid moves said filaments along the foraminous surface; collecting said filaments in a randomly dispersed, substantially uniform layer having a first thickness; passing said layer through crimp inducing means adapted to permit said unbalanced, residual stresses to randomly crimp said filaments to form said lofted mat having a second thickness greater than said first thickness.

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patent: 4098312 (1978-06-01), Haley

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