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: 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.

Abstract: Needle felt machine in which the needle beam worker arm is articulated on a supporting bearing.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously producing needled, non-woven tubing by winding a web on a stationary mandrel, multi-needling overlying turns and frictionally driving the formed tube about the periphery of the mandrel. The mandrel is tapered to accomodate shrinkage of the tube and to assist ejection of the formed tube without application of longitudinal tension on the formed tube. The mandrel preferably includes a helical surface for progressively ejecting the rotating tubing from the static mandrel. The tube product may be formed with diameters as low as 4 millimeters and walls as thin as 0.5 millimeters and is radially compressed immediately after needling.

Abstract: Non-woven tubing is formed by winding a web on a stationary mandrel, multi-needling overlying turns and frictionally driving the formed tube about the periphery of the mandrel. The mandrel is tapered to accommodate shrinkage of the tube and to assist ejection of the formed tube without application of longitudinal tension on the formed tube. The mandrel preferably includes a helical surface for progressively ejecting the rotating tubing from the static mandrel. The tube product may be formed with diameters as low as 4 millimeters and walls as thin as 0.5 and is radially compressed immediately after needling.

Abstract: A method for continuously producing needled, non-woven tubing by winding a web on a stationary mandrel, multi-needling overlying turns and frictionally driving the formed tube about the periphery of the mandrel. The mandrel is tapered to accommodate shrinkage of the tube and to assist ejection of the formed tube without application of longitudinal tension on the formed tube. The mandrel preferably includes a helical surface for progressively ejecting the rotating tubing from the static mandrel. The tube product may be formed with diameters as low as 4 millimeters and walls as thin as 0.5 millimeters and is radially compressed immediately after needling.

Abstract: A continuous fabric tubing is prepared by helically winding non-woven webs on a rotating drum in partly overlapping relationship, stitching the partly superimposed turns to each other by needling, and axially pulling the tubing so formed from the drum. The take-up mechanism, which pulls the tubing from the drum, rotates with the drum, and an automatic cut-off mechanism may be provided for automatically cutting the continuous tubing to uniform, adjustable lengths. The tubing may consist entirely of monofilaments and other smooth fibers not capable of normal felting.