Polymer Group, Inc.

Benjamin Nolan

Ralph A Moody, Iii

Michael J Putnam

Leonard Streeper

Miguel Rivera

Brian Burgess

The present invention is directed to a nonwoven fabric, and specifically to a durable lightweight nonwoven fabric wipe, comprising improved strength, as well as an improved MD to CD elongation ratio, which results in a material imminently suitable for application in the cleaning and cleansing of surfaces. A method of making the nonwoven fabric embodying the present invention includes the steps of providing a precursor web comprising a fibrous matrix. The method further comprises the steps of providing a precursor web, which is subjected to hydroentangling.

Durable lightweight imaged nonwoven wipe

The present invention is directed to a method of forming a nonwoven fabric, which exhibits a first three-dimensional image and a second three-dimensional image whereby the first and second three-dimensional images are dissimilar from one another. In particular, the present invention contemplates a fabric comprised of sequentially formed three-dimensional images that are formed from a pre-entangled precursor web entangled on a first three-dimensional transfer device so as to impart a first image therein, then subjected to hydroentanglement on a second three-dimensional image transfer device wherein a second three-dimensional image is imparted to the web that is different from the first three-dimensional image, the resulting nonwoven fabric presenting aesthetic and tactile qualities representative of both imparted images.

Nonwoven fabrics having compound three-dimensional images

The present invention relates to a conveyor apparatus, and more specifically to a conveyor apparatus that is capable of accepting a web of material having little to no inherent structural integrity from a first direction, inverting the material, and dispatching said material in a second direction. A conveyor apparatus for handling and inverting a web of material in accordance with the present invention comprises a receiving conveyor having an upper run for receiving the web of material after inversion. The present apparatus further includes an inversion conveyor having first and second legs arranged at an angle to each other, with the second leg of the conversion conveyor being positioned above the upper run of the receiving conveyor.

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Elmer, NJ, United States of America

Benjamin Nolan