Patent ID: 7416638

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-layer web product comprising: a carding cylinder adapted to rotate and transport long fiber; a first combing cylinder disposed adjacent the carding cylinder and adapted to comb a first web of long fiber from the carding cylinder; a first conveyor disposed adjacent the first combing cylinder and adapted to receive and transport the first web to a layering point; a second combing cylinder disposed adjacent the carding cylinder and adapted to comb a second web of long fiber from the carding cylinder; a second conveyor disposed adjacent the second combing cylinder and adapted to receive and transport the second web to the layering point; and a short fiber deposition unit disposed adjacent the second conveyor and adapted to deposit short fibers onto the second web, wherein at the layering point the first conveyor is adapted to deposit the first web onto the second web, the short fibers being sandwiched therebetween, to form a layered web.