Firma Carl Freudenberg

Hans-Achim Kunkel

Michael Kauschke

Ludwig Hartmann

Ivo Ruzek

Ernst Lohmar

Bernhard Klein

Helmut Eschwey

Torsten Nahe

Lothar Hackler

Thomas Kumpel

Disclosed is an absorbent body of nonwoven material formed of randomly distributed thermoplastic endless filaments which contain embedded hydrophilic or oleophilic staple fibers and in some cases swelling particles. Also disclosed is a one-step process for the production of the absorbent body.

Absorbent body of nonwoven material and a method for the production

Apparatus for adhering thermally-softenable particles to one another to form a plastic body has a molding tool reciprocable in a chamber for double piston action on a heated gas in the chamber. The molding tool defines a mold with opposite, gas-permeable walls in the directions of the reciprocation for receiving the particles. The double piston action of the reciprocation of the molding tool then forces the heated gas through the mold and particles therein to thermally soften the particles for adhering into the body.

Apparatus for adhering thermally-softenable plastic particles into a

An interior lining for a motor vehicle is made from a foam layer of a cross-linked, closed-cell-foamed polypropylene laminated to a deep-drawable polyolefin sheet or a non-woven or woven fabric or laminated to both. The volumetric weight of the foam layer is 30 to 200 kg per cubic m. and provides dimensional and shape stability to the lining up to temperatures of about 120.degree. C.

Interior lining for motor vehicles

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Reichelsheim, Germany

Hans-Achim Kunkel