Abstract: Apparatus for producing non-woven pile fabrics such as carpets or velvets including means for passing two support sheets in spaced, face-to-face relation, means for folding at least one continuous element, such as a thread or a warp sheet of threads, in a sinuous path between and contiguous with the faces of the sheets, characterized in that the folding means comprises two folder blades positioned for driving the continuous element alternately against the opposing faces of the support sheets, the blades being mounted on connecting rods pivotally attached to pivotal suspension cranks, and the rods and the cranks are movable to move the blades in desired paths toward and away from the support sheets.

Abstract: A process for making fabrics with non-woven pile where a continuous thread or band is fed to a parallel passage having two parallel support bands each carrying a layer of adhesive. The thread or fabric is prefolded with a flexible bladelet and then driven with a substantially circular movement by folder blades against the support band. After having produced the desired adhesive connection of the fabric and the band, the adhesive is cured and the support bands are separated to produce the finished product.