Abstract: A nonwoven lap of very fine continuous filaments, crimped or not, obtained by means of a controlled direct spinning process, with a weight between 5 g/m.sup.2 and 600 g/m.sup.2, and formed, after napping, of composite filaments separable in the direction of their length, characterized in that said composite filaments have a filament number between 0.3 dTex and 10 dTex and are formed, each, of at least three elementary filaments of at least two different materials and comprising between them at least one plane of separation or cleavage, each elementary filament having a filament number between 0.005 dTex and 2 dTex, the ratio between the cross-sectional area of each elementary filament and the total cross-sectional area of the unitary filament being between 0.5% and 90%.

Abstract: A nonwoven lap of very fine continuous filaments, crimped or not, obtained by means of a controlled direct spinning process, with a weight between 5 g/m.sup.2 and 600 g/m.sup.2, and formed, after napping, of composite filaments separable in the direction of their length, characterized in that said composite filaments have a filament number between 0.3 dTex and 10 dTex and are formed, each, of at least three elementary filaments of at least two different materials and comprising between them at least one plane of separation or cleavage, each elementary filament having a filament number between 0.005 dTex and 2 dTex, the ratio between the cross-sectional area of each elementary filament and the total cross-sectional area of the unitary filament being between 0.5% and 90%.

Abstract: Nonwovens of synthetic continuous filaments obtained by melt extrusion, in which at least 50% of the filaments contain at least from 0,5 to 3%, preferably from 0.6 to 1.5%, of a polyorganosiloxane introduced into the said filaments during their manufacture.Process for the manufacture of these nonwovens, in which, before extrusion of the polymer melt to produce the filaments by flowing through orifices of a die, a silicone oil of polyorganosiloxane type is introduced in the proportion at least of 0,5 to 3%, preferably from 0.6 to 1.5% relative to the polymer, into the melt of the latter.The polyorganosiloxane product employed is of the polydiorganosiloxane type with a molecular weight of between 1,000 and 250,000, preferably between 7,500 and 70,000, corresponding to dynamic viscosities of 50 to 10,000 mPa s; stable under extrusion conditions.Use of the nonwovens, chiefly as a support for floor coverings with stitched pile.