Patent ID: 6770240
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: D06C

Abstract:
An air lance for directing a gas through a stencil and onto a surface of an embossable fabric for embossing the fabric comprising:a conduit having at least one inlet opening therein; and at least one orifice forming at least one nozzle, the nozzle being constructed and positioned to direct a stream of the gas through at least one opening in the stencil and onto the embossable surface of a fabric, when the air lance is in operation; and at least one air redirecting element constructed and positioned with respect to the nozzle so that the fractional amount of the stream of the gas directed through the opening in the stencil essentially perpendicular to the embossable surface of the fabric, when the air lance is in operation, is increased with respect to a fractional amount of a stream of the gas directed through the opening in the stencil essentially perpendicular to the embossable surface of the fabric by an essentially equivalent air lance, except not including the air redirecting element.