Patent ID: 8267681

Claim:
An apparatus for making a nonwoven web, the apparatus comprising: a) a first source configured to dispense a first fluid flow stream comprising a fiber; b) a second source configured to dispense a second fluid flow stream also comprising a fiber, wherein the first flow stream has a different composition than the second flow stream; b) a mixing partition downstream from the first and second sources, the mixing partition positioned between the first and second flow streams, the mixing partition defining two or more openings in the mixing partition that permit fluid communication between the two flow streams; and c) a receiving region situated downstream from the first and second sources and designed to receive at least a combined flow stream and form a nonwoven web by collecting fiber from the combined flow stream; wherein the receiving region is positioned below at least a portion of the mixing partition so that portions of the second fluid flow stream pass through the openings of the mixing partition onto the receiving region.