Patent ID: 7032323

Claim:
A device for consolidating a fiber composite conveyed continuously along a conveying path by action upon said fiber composite with heat or for cooling, with at least one nozzle arrangement on at least one side of the conveying path for blowing a heated treatment medium in the direction of the conveying path, the at least one nozzle arrangement having a plurality of blowing nozzles lying next to one another and arranged at a distance from one another, and an interspace being formed in each case between two adjacent blowing nozzles, wherein the interspace between the blowing nozzles is essentially closed or closable with respect to the conveying path, and the interspace is closed off or may be closed off in such a way that, in the case of predetermined fiber composite and in the case of a predetermined outflow velocity and outflow quantity of the treatment medium from the blowing nozzles, the treatment medium can be blown through the entire thickness of the fiber composite.