Patent ID: 7430790

Claim:
A felting machine for producing fiber art, comprising: a frame defining a front, back, left side, right side, top, and bottom; upper and lower perforated plates mounted on said frame with at least some of the perforations in the plates being vertically aligned; a needle board including a plurality of vertically projecting needles mounted for up and down reciprocating motion through the aligned perforations in said perforated plates; a stationary work surface on the front side of said needle board for supporting fibrous material to be needled; a conveyer, at least part of which is located between said stationary work surface and said needle board, including at least one propelling element which propels fibrous material in a front to back direction between said perforated plates; and an adjustable electrical conveyer control that controls the speed of said conveyer, said conveyer control being readily accessible to a fiber artist who is standing adjacent said stationary work surface, arranging fibrous material on said stationary work surface, and feeding fibrous material from said stationary work surface into said conveyer.