Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Brian Stephen Forbes

Bryan David Haynes

Kurtis Lee Brown

Michael Charles Cook

Hannong Rhim

Eric Edward Lennon

Matthew Boyd Lake

Douglas Jay Hulslander

Robert James Gerndt

Chad Michael Freese

Thomas William Brock

The present invention provides a method of making a nonwoven web with desired fiber orientation, the method including the steps of providing a source of fibers, subjecting the fibers to an electrostatic charge, deflecting the fibers with a non-contacting deflecting device, collecting the fibers on a moving forming surface to form the nonwoven web. The invention also provides an apparatus for forming fibrous nonwoven webs, the apparatus comprising a source of fibers, a device for applying an electrostatic charge to the fibers, a non-contacting fiber deflecting device adapted to affect the fibers while the fibers are under the influence of the applied electrostatic charge, and a forming surface for collecting the fibers as a fibrous nonwoven web.

Method and apparatus for the production of nonwoven web materials

The present invention provides a series of plates for distributing a molten polymer composition, the series of plates includes at least two plates: a first plate that includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of polymer distribution channels connecting the upper surface and the lower surface. In certain illustrated embodiments, the plurality of polymer distribution channels consist essentially of substantially horizontal channels at one or both the upper surface and lower surface and substantially linear downwardly sloping channels connecting the substantially horizontal channels at the upper surface to the substantially horizontal channels at the lower surface, the upper surface to the substantially horizontal channels at the lower surface or the substantially horizontal channels at the upper surface to lower surface; and a second plate that includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of polymer distribution channels connecting the upper surface and the lower surface wherein the plurality of polymer distribution channels consist essentially of substantially horizontal channels at one or both the upper surface and lower surface and substantially linear downwardly sloping channels connecting the substantially horizontal channels at the upper surface to the substantially horizontal channels at the lower surface, the upper surface to the substantially horizontal channels at the lower surface or the substantially horizontal channels at the upper surface to lower surface.

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