Patent ID: 7003853

Claim:
An intermediate card for manufacturing nonwovens of fibrous material comprising a drawing-in means ( 2 ), at least one main cylinder ( 4 ), several fiber take-off means ( 6 a , 6 b ) for taking over at least two card webs from the main cylinder ( 4 ), each fiber take-off means ( 6 a , 6 b ) transfers the card webs taken off from the fiber take-off means onto vacuum transfer sections ( 15 a , 15 b , 15 c , 15 d ) circumferentially offset with respect to each other and being part of a permeable conveying surface ( 15 ) curved in a circular cylindrical manner and having a circumferential speed adapted to the transfer speed of the card webs at the transfer sections ( 15 a , 15 b , 15 c , 15 d ), and only one conveyor belt ( 16 ) onto which the card webs are directly transferred by the transfer sections ( 15 a , 15 b , 15 c , 15 d ).