Patent ID: 7690093

Claim:
Apparatus for producing nonwoven, fleece-like fiber products, said apparatus comprising a transfer belt configured to transport an intermediate product on the underside of the transfer belt to a roller arrangement, characterized in that the roller arrangement comprises four rollers with rotational axes that are approximately parallel to each other, of which one first roller is used as a deflection roller for the transfer belt, of which one second roller is located underneath said first roller and forms therewith a first pair of rollers arranged one above the other, of which one third roller is located downstream from the second roller, viewed in the running direction of the transfer belt and of which one fourth roller is located downstream from the first roller, viewed in the running direction of the transfer belt, wherein the four rollers can be displaced relative to each other transversely to their rotational axis in such a manner that a nip for handling a nonwoven fabric can be selectively set either between the second and the third rollers such that the second and the third rollers form a pair of adjacently arranged rollers and include one nip for substantially vertical fleece transport, or between the third and the fourth roller such that the third roller and the fourth roller positioned above it form a second pair of rollers arranged one above the other and include another nip for substantially horizontal fleece transport.