Patent ID: 6616889
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B29C,B29K,D04H

Abstract:
An apparatus of making a flexible sheet product for absorbing liquids, said apparatus comprising:a first roller assembly; a first screen operational with the first roller assembly for rotational movement in a first rotational direction; a first vacuum disposed behind the first screen for pulling air in a first direction; a second roller assembly; a second screen operational with the second roller assembly for rotational movement in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction; and a second vacuum disposed behind the second screen for pulling air in a second direction substantially opposite that of the first direction, the first and second vacuums creating a loft zone between the first and second screens such that a molten polymer-based material blown into the loft zone is pulled in substantially opposite directions onto the first and second screens forming a flexible sheet product for absorbing liquids.