Patent ID: 6479009
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for the production of fiber-implanted, elastomeric nonwoven fabric comprising the steps of:a.) depositing a single layer of foam onto a water-permeable woven cloth wire having a defined mesh pattern; b.) laying a fibrous web upon the single layer of foam; c.) pre-wetting the initial material of foam and fibrous web prior to water jet entanglement; d.) subjecting the initial material to a plurality of water jet streams that are continuous and without pattern modification, that impinge the initial material from the fibrous web side while having a vacuum pulled from the foam side to enhance fiber penetration, such that; e.) the fibrous web is fully entangled into the foam structure, the foam structure height is collapsed, and the final structure is a fully-integrated fiber/foam composite.