Patent ID: 7484276

Claim:
A process for manufacturing a composite nonwoven comprised of lower and upper webs, the process comprising the steps of: (a) forming the lower web of the composite nonwoven by carding artificial and/or synthetic fibres having a length between 15 and 80 mm, and a dtex degree of at least 1.7 dtex, (b) prebonding the carded lower web, (c) dispersing natural fibres having a length between 0.5 and 8 mm into water to form an aqueous dispersion of the natural fibres in water, (d) discharging the aqueous dispersion from a head box positioned over the lower web so as form a layer of the aqueous dispersion on the carded lower web, (e) forming the upper web by filtering excess water from the layer of aqueous dispersion through the lower web, (f) interlacing the fibres of the upper web with the fibres of the lower web with water jets, and (g) drying and reeling up the obtained composite nonwoven.