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Method and Apparatus for Forming a Fibrous Media

  • US 20100187712A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2010
  • Published: 07/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for making a nonwoven web, the apparatus comprising:

  • a) one or more sources configured to dispense a first fluid flow stream comprising a fiber and a second fluid flow stream also comprising a fiber;

    b) a mixing partition downstream from the one or more sources, the mixing partition positioned between the first and second flow streams from the one or more sources, the mixing partition defining one or more openings in the mixing partition that permit fluid communication between the two flow streams; and

    c) a receiving region situated downstream from the one or more sources and designed to receive at least a combined flow stream and form a nonwoven web by collecting fiber from the combined flow stream.

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