Patent ID: 6817396
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: D04H,D06N,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for producing a textile product from a web of fibers and a substrate of, said apparatus comprising:a rotatable shaft mounted transversely to the process direction of the web; a plurality of looping discs mounted to the shaft for rotation therewith, each of said looping discs having a periphery provided with teeth; a plurality of looping fingers arranged between and substantially parallel to said looping discs; means for advancing the substrate advancing in a process direction; and a plurality of stationary detaching elements that define a space between each detaching element and the substrate, wherein said looping discs and looping fingers interact to loop the fibers to form prelooped fibers, said teeth engage the prelooped fibers to advance them in the process direction where the prelooped fibers accumulate against the stationary detaching elements to form a prelooped web and said detaching elements act on said accumulated prelooped web to secure the said prelooped web to the substrate without the aid of reciprocating transport members.