Patent ID: 7562425
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: D04H

Abstract:
1. A production apparatus for a nonwoven fabric comprising: a pressurized steam jetting nozzle including a plurality of nozzle holes formed in a longitudinal direction of the pressurized steam jetting nozzle, the plurality of nozzle holes being configured to jet pressurized steam to a running fiber web; a pressurized steam supply source connected with one end of the pressurized steam jetting nozzle via a pressurized steam supply tube; a steam discharge tube connected with another end of the pressurized steam jetting nozzle via an opening/closing valve; porous fiber web supporting and transporting means facing the plurality of the nozzle holes formed in the pressurized steam jetting nozzle by a predetermined interval and moving in one direction across a row of the nozzle holes of the pressurized steam jetting nozzle; and vacuuming means disposed on an opposite side of the pressurized steam jetting nozzle with respect to the fiber web supporting and transporting means.