Patent ID: 8458999

Claim:
A fleece layer for laying down a card web to form a fleece, comprising: an upper carriage, which is movable back and forth in transverse directions and through which the card web is guided; a laying carriage, which is movable back and forth in the transverse directions and through which the card web coming from the upper carriage is guided, the laying carriage serving to lay the card web down onto an output conveyor belt; at least two card web conveyor belts for guiding the card web to the upper carriage and from there to the laying carriage, wherein an upper run of a first endless card web conveyor belt extends from an infeed area of the fleece layer to the upper carriage and serves as a support surface for the card web; and a positionally variable pressing means, which is actuatable to produce a variable card web buffer in the upper run of the first card web conveyor belt.