Patent ID: 6735834
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: D04H,D06B,D06C

Abstract:
A device for colored patterning of a web of a nonwoven or a composite of a nonwoven and a fabric or knit, by subjecting the web including a first layer and a second layer to water jets to displace fibers so that fibers of the first layer are displaced into the second layer to produce a colored pattern on an underside of the second layer, the device comprising:a feeder for feeding the second layer; a device for providing the first layer on the second layer to form the web; an endless belt for transporting the web in a transport direction; and a nozzle beam provided adjacent the endless belt and arranged crosswise to the endless belt for directing water jets to the web; wherein the endless belt includes a perforated pattern to direct the water jets from the nozzle beam through the web to displace fibers of the first layer into the second layer to produce the desired color pattern; wherein the device for providing the first layer on the second layer provides a first layer of a color different than that of the second layer.