Abstract: A process for the production of a two-layer textile reinforcement for the production of bituminous sealing sheets for roofing consists first, from a first layer based on nonwoven cloth, in consolidating this nonwoven cloth by mechanical or hydraulic bonding and in thermostabilizing it. This first consolidated and thermostabilized layer is then assembled with a second mineral fiber layer, either by counter-gluing, or by needling, or by seam knitting. These two latter assembly methods are used only when the second mineral fiber layer is in the form of a grid or cloth of continuous or discontinuous mineral filaments. The first assembly method by counter-gluing is itself used no matter what the structure of the second mineral filament layer, whether it be in the form of a grid or a cloth of continuous or discontinuous mineral fibers or in the form of a scrim of mineral fibers.

Abstract: A process for the production of a non-woven sheet of continuous interconnected filaments, comprising producing biconstituted filaments of a size less than 4 dtex comprising two interconnected elemental filament components each of a different polymer, imparting to the biconstituted filaments a curl having a curling frequency of 3 to 30 curls per centimeter to impart to the filaments a bunching upon curling of 50 to 400%, and forming a non-woven sheet from the curled biconstituted filaments, the sheet having a weight of 10 to 400 g/m.sup.2. The non-woven sheet is then subjected to water jets supplied under a pressure of 50 to 300.times.10.sup.5 Pa to interlace and entangle the curled filaments constituting the sheet and to separate the interconnected filaments from each other.