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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinrich Jakob, Linz, AT;
Hannes Pum, Alberndorf, AT;
Assignee:
Textilmaschinenfabrik Dr. Ernst Fehrer Aktiengesellschaft, Leonding, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H / ; D04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
28107 ; 28114 ;
Abstract
The described apparatus for needling a circular nonwoven web, particularly a nonwoven web having the configuration of a circular ring, comprises a needle board, which carries a multiplicity of needles and is adapted to be driven to reciprocate said needles in a predetermined piercing direction. The apparatus also comprises a turntable (1), which comprises a web support that is adapted to support the nonwoven web. The needle board is provided with needles only in at least one sector-shaped region, which has the configuration of a sector with respect to the axis of rotation of the turntable.