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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ferdinand Leifeld, Kempen, DE;
Assignee:
Trutzschler GmbH & Co., KG, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 1/500 ;
Abstract
A textile fiber processing machine includes a device for forming a fiber web from a fiber lap; a device for advancing the fiber web to a web outputting device for discharging the web thereby in a direction of advance; and two cooperating calender rolls defining a nip receiving the web discharged by the web outputting device. The calender rolls are situated immediately adjacent the web outputting device downstream thereof as viewed in the direction of web advance. Further, a heating arrangement is provided for heating at least one of the calender rolls for thermo-bonding the web as it passes through the nip of the calender rolls.