Patent ID: 8524041

Claim:
A method of making a nonwoven web using an apparatus, comprising: i) dispensing, from the apparatus, a first fluid stream from a first source and a second fluid stream from a second source, ii) providing a mixing partition downstream from the first and second source, the mixing partition positioned between the first fluid stream and the second fluid stream, the mixing partition defining one or more openings in the mixing partition that permit fluid communication from at least one fluid stream to another, wherein a receiving region is positioned below at least a portion of the mixing partition so that portions of the second fluid stream pass through the openings of the mixing partition onto the first fluid stream and onto the receiving region; iii) collecting fiber on the receiving region situated downstream from the first and second sources, the receiving region configured to receive the first and second fluid streams and form a wet layer by collecting the fiber; iv) drying the wet layer to form the nonwoven web; wherein the first fluid stream comprises a fiber, the second fluid stream comprises a fiber and wherein the first fluid stream has a different composition than the second fluid stream.