Patent ID: 7107658
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: D04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for needling a non-woven material with at least one needleboard which is drivable in a reciprocating manner in the needle-penetration direction as well as in the direction of the passage of the non-woven material, comprising an eccentric drive for the needleboard which comprises two parallel eccentric shafts which are drivable in opposite directions and assume a different angular position, and couplers which connect connecting rods of the two eccentric shafts in an articulated manner and comprise a guide arm which is rigidly connected with the same, and a lifting guide means for the guide arms which forms a swiveling axis for the guide arms which is parallel to the eccentric shafts, characterized in that either the guide arms ( 8 ) or the couplers ( 5 ) carry the needleboard ( 1 ).