Patent ID: 8408889

Claim:
A device for meltblowing synthetic fibers having an elongated spinneret packet that is held at a bottom side of a spinneret carrier, the device comprising: two elongated air tubes extending at opposite longitudinal sides of the spinneret carrier, two air channel systems embodied opposite of each other in the spinneret carrier, by means of which process air is supplied to the spinneret packet, and two air distribution devices, which are attached on the longitudinal sides of the spinneret carrier, and which connect the air tubes to the air channel systems for the distribution of the process air, the air distribution devices including multiple distribution segments arranged at the longitudinal sides of the spinneret carrier in a distributed manner, each distribution segment being separated from at least one other distribution segment by an expansion joint, wherein each distribution segment includes a distribution block that attaches to the spinneret carrier and a supply line that connects to the air tubes.