Patent ID: 6692541
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a nonwoven fabric, comprising the steps of:providing a precursor web at least partially comprising splittable, staple length fibers, wherein each of said splittable fibers comprises plural sub-components at least partially separable from each other; providing a three-dimensional image transfer device having a foraminous forming surface; positioning said precursor web on said image transfer device, and hydroentangling said precursor web with a plurality of liquid streams to thereby at least partially separate the sub-components of said splittable fibers and impart an image from said image transfer device to said precursor web to form a nonwoven fabric exhibiting a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to basis weight of at least about 22, and a Taber Abrasion resistance to roping greater than 35 cycles.