Abstract: Apparatus for variably buffering a web material, the apparatus having two endless transport belts including feed sections in which the belts are juxtaposed, and return sections, the feed and return sections being of varying lengths. In the feed sections, the belts move through a U-shaped path portion, commonly guided over a deflecting roller. In the return sections, the belts are guided through U-shaped path portions extending opposite to the U-shaped path portion of the feed sections, each belt wrapping separate deflecting rollers. The three deflecting rollers are rotatably supported on a common mounting frame movably held in a machine stand for compensated length variation of the feed and return portions.

Abstract: In a camel back cross lapper, a fiber web to be layered to form a fleece is guided from an infeed zone until its discharge in a layering zone in sandwiched manner between two transport belts extending over the arms of the cross lapper. The transport belts are extended over a layering zone on an output conveyor to cover the web freshly deposited onto the output conveyor to avoid the web from being affected by harmful aerodynamic effects created by the movement of the layering arm of the cross lapper. In an embodiment, a web buffer is combined with the cross lapper such manner that the transport belts extend through web buffer.

Abstract: In a needle loom having at least one needle bar coupled by cam follower means to two eccentric shafts in order to be moved by said eccentric shafts in a movement path having two components which are normal to one another, the eccentric shafts are each provided with eccentric cams which have equal amounts of eccentricity and are adapted to be synchronously rotated, and said cam followers rotatably mounted on said eccentric cams are movably connected to one another by at least one coupling element which is adapted to yield in one direction but is stiff in a direction normal thereto.

Abstract: A system and method for reinforcing a textile web of a fiber web or a fiber fleece by needling in a plurality of directly successive steps are provided, in which the web is needed from both sides with a high needle density in an alternating manner and in the state of the needles stitched into the web is transported through a movement of the needles which extends in the longitudinal direction of the web, where each needle in a stitching-in movement grasps merely a single fiber, having a gauge of 1 to 2 dtex, from the web. By the aid of the invention very thin fleeces can be produced without damaging same during their processing.

Abstract: In the manufacture of a fiber fleece with a nonwoven producing means and a fleece laying machine, which produces from a single or multi-layered nonwoven web contionuously discharged by the nonwoven producing means a fleece web having a thickness variable across the laying width, the nonwoven web is cyclically drawn on the way between the nonwoven producing means and the fleece laying machine at a fixedly determined location, said drawing depending on the laying movements of the fleece laying machine to form a fleece web of a regular cross sectional profile. Between a separate drawing equipment performing the drawing process and the inlet into the fleece laying machine, the nonwoven web may run through a separate, variable buffer storage, which adapts the speed fluctuations of the nonwoven web on the outlet side of the drawing equipment to the intake speed of the fleece laying machine.

Abstract: In an apparatus for feeding a fiber fleece web to a needling machine, a compacting means is arranged between a pre-compressor and a supply roller pair, said compacting means having rollers provided with teeth at their circumference. These rollers compress the fiber fleece and effect a partial re-orientation of the fibers from the horizontal into the vertical, which contributes to substantially maintaining the compacting of the fiber fleece. The compacting means may together with the supply roller pair form a drawing zone for the fiber fleece web. The compacting means preferably includes at least one roller triple that consists of two lower rollers arranged at a low mutual distance in juxtaposition, and upper rollers bridging over the gusset between the lower rollers. The rollers of the roller triple are provided on their periphery with all-steel armaments, and the supply rollers are preferably also provided with all-steel armaments and have higher speeds of rotation than the rollers of the roller triple.

Abstract: A drive apparatus for the needle bar of a needle machine includes a first drive mechanism connected with the needle bar and which applies a first movement component extending perpendicular to the needle bar, a second drive mechanism connected with the needle bar which applies second movement component parallel to the needle bar, and an additional mechanism for varying the movement stroke of the parallel component. Two eccentric shafts are assigned to the second drive mechanism, these eccentric shafts being driven at the same speed and the eccentric sections of which having a connecting rod supported thereon converting the rotating movement of the associated eccentric section into a linear oscillating movement. The two linear oscillation movements are supplied to a coupling bridge at two first and second hinge points spaced apart from one another. The coupling bridge is coupled with the needle bar or a carrier thereof at a third hinge point arranged between the first and second hinge points.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for needling a fiber fleece, the needles are rotated around their own axes at least during their stitching-in motion into the fiber fleece, in order to produce a mutual twisting of fibers within the fiber fleece. In an embodiment of the invention, the needles are moreover moved in parallel to the fiber fleece in two directions orthogonal with respect to one another by drive means which are controllable independently from one another. Thereby, various variation alternatives are provided to influence the formation of stitches.

Abstract: An apparatus for needling a fiber fleece web has a plurality of needle bars, the drive means thereof being individually associated to the individual needle bars or a group of closely adjoining needle bars which belong to one of a plurality of needling zones, and wherein said drive means are connected to a common control means which enables an individual control of the movement of the needle bars or needle bar groups. The needle bars or needle bar groups can in particular be moved in three directions orthogonal with respect to one another, and the needles can possibly be supported rotatably, and can perform a controlled rotary movement during the stitching movement.

Abstract: In a needle loom for needling a fiber batt continuously moved through the needle loom, a horizontal driving apparatus connected to a needle bar for horizontally driving said needle bar to and fro is provided which is driven in synchronism with a vertical driving apparatus providing the needle bar with a reciprocating up and down movement by which needles affixed to the needle bar are stitched into the fiber batt to be needled. The timing of the horizontal and vertical movements imposed onto the needle bar is adjusted in a manner that the needle bar horizontally follows the movement of the fiber batt when the needles are stitched in the fiber batt, whereas in the horizontal return stroke of the needle bar its needles are out of the fiber batt.

Abstract: A brush structure for use as a stitch support for a velour needle loom comprises bristle tufts inserted into a carrier plate, with their free ends forming a continuous support surface for supporting thereon a fiber batt to be needled. The foot portions of the bristle tufts are of polygonal cross-section, resulting in a high packing density of the bristle tufts on the carrier plate and optimum bristle-coverage thereof. This enables excellent continuity of the support surface formed by the free bristle ends to be achieved without the bristles having to be provided with a curl or crimp.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding a fiber batt to a needle loom, in which a gusset gap between an upper reversing roller of a pre-compression means and an upper supply roller is filled by an upper slim transmission roller rotatably suspended at its end portions by bracket means. The transmission roller is made from a carbon fiber reinforced resin material. The bracket means are composed each of two parts which may be released from each other. One part of each bracket means is mounted on the axis of the supply roller, whereas the other part is suspended in a stationary frame of the apparatus. By realeasing the parts of each other, an easy disassembly of the supply roller is enabled.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding a fiber batt to a needle loom, in which a gusset gap is filled between the reversing roller of an upper pre-compression conveyor band and an upper supply roller by means of a slim transmission roller, which is suspended at its length at several locations, in order to avoid sagging. The suspensions can consist of ribbons, which carry the transmission roller, or they can be formed by holding fingers which are integrally formed with guide fingers of a finger roller and which are located in respective circumferential grooves in the transmission roller. In an alternative the transmission roller is divided into several segments and roller bearings are provided at the connection positions of the segments and are suspended from above (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A method of producing needled, structured and patterned velour textile web of nonwoven fleeces and fibrous textile material, wherein at least one layer of textile fibers, particularly staple fibers, creating a pattern is applied to at least a part of an at least single-ply pre-needled support fleece web by at least one of the characteristics selected from the group comprising color, form, material, degree of fineness and orientation, and, finally, subjecting the web to an additional one-step or, if applicable, multi-step needling for the patterning or structuring, with the fibers applied to the support web being pushed through the web until they become visible on the lower side of the web, with the pile of the fibers coming to rest substantially in the plane of the lower surface of the web and wherein the web lies for processing during all steps on a brush belt with a homogeneous surface formed by the tips of the bristles of the brush belt.

Abstract: Unit for the production of structured textile velour needle-bonded fabric webs from a pre-needle fleece of staple fibers, consisting of a fleece laying apparatus, a pre-needling machine and a velour needling machine, wherein at least the velour needling machine (15) is equipped with a brush belt (21) carrying the fleece to be needled and serving as needle stitch base, said belt being made up of numerous brush plates (24) carrying bristle clusters (25), the outer edges (26) of said plates (24) being of a zig-zag design formed in such a way that the edges (26) of respectively adjacent lying brush plates (24) interlock in such a way that the bristle clusters (25) along the outer edges are spaced at the same distance towards each other as those in the inner area of the brush plates (24), the bristles of the bristle clusters (24) are trimmed on their free ends in a conical or wedge-shaped manner, the holding down plate lies on the fiber fleece web and is pressed down onto it and crown needles (23) are used for the

Abstract: Apparatus for producing needled fibrous bodies of a predetermined geometrical shape and height or strength of fiber material, particularly as padding elements for the clothing industry.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method and apparatus for substantially automatically setting needles of needle boards of machines for the production of textile needle-felt webs, with needles of which the rear shaft end is bent by 90.degree.

Abstract: Fleece layering apparatus for forming a fibrous fabric web consisting of several layers of fleece with delivery means layering the infed fleece in a zig-zag manner, with which the infed fleece is moved by air-permeable delivery means against the surface of which the web of fleece is pressed by a controlled and regulated air flow, and with an upper fixed air-permeable delivery belt and a lower fixed air-permeable delivery belt vertically spaced beneath the upper one and parallel to it, between which a preferably air-permeable fleece transferring roll is provided which can move backwards and forwards between two end positions, and beneath the lower delivery belt, a fleece doffing and cuttling device is provided which can move backwards and forwards between two end positions.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for the production of velour needlefelt webs by processing a fiber fleece bonded through needling, using velour or fork needles forming pile loops. At least one fiber fleece band which consists of several layers is helically wound to form a tube which continuously develops in an axial direction. The tube rotates about its own axis, wherein the individual layers of the fleece band partly overlap on each wind and the lower or inner-lying layers of the wound tube are bonded in a width which is smaller, preferably up to half the width of the width of the fleece band in a known manner using felting needles and from the upper or outer-lying loose fiber layer of the wound tube, the fibers forming the pile loops are pushed through the pre-bonded lower or inner-lying fiber layer in a known manner using fork needles. The finished processed tube is cut open in the axial direction, said flat and the so-formed material web is wound up. spThis is a divisional of a previous application Ser.

Abstract: The invention refers to a machine for the production of velour needlefelt webs through processing a fiber fleece bonded through needling, using velour or fork needles forming pile loops, wherein at least one fiber fleece band consisting of several layers is helically wound to form a tube continuously developing in axial direction, said tube rotating about its own axis, wherein the individual layers of the fleece band partly overlap on each wind and the lower or inner-lying layers of the wound tube are bonded in a width which is smaller, preferably up to half the width of the width of the fleece band in a known manner using felting needles and from the upper or outer-lying loose fiber layer of the wound tube, the fibers forming the pile loops are pushed through the pre-bonded lower or inner-lying fiber layer in a known manner using fork needles and wherein the finished processed tube is cut open in axial direction, laid flat and the so-formed material web wound up.