Claims
- 1. A device for colored patterning of a web of a nonwoven or a composite of a nonwoven and a fabric or knit, by subjecting the web including a top layer and a second layer to water jets to displace fibers so that fibers of the top layer are displaced into the second layer to produce a colored pattern on an underside of the second layer, the device comprising:means for providing the second layer; means for providing the top layer having a different color than the second layer on the second layer; an endless belt for transporting the web in a transport direction; a nozzle beam provided adjacent the endless belt and arranged crosswise to the endless belt for directing water jets to the web; and a patterning element provided between the nozzle beam and the endless belt to direct the water jets from the nozzle beam in a pattern to displace fibers of the top layer into the second layer to produce the desired colored pattern.
- 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the patterning element comprises a second, perforated endless belt.
- 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the patterning element comprises a perforated drum.
- 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means for providing the second layer comprises a feeder for feeding the second layer to the endless belt, and the means for providing the top layer on the second layer comprises a card for laying the top layer and placing the top layer on the second layer, the device further comprising a suction device provided on a side of a portion of the endless belt opposite the nozzle beam, and a drying device for drying the web having the desired pattern.
- 5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means for providing the second layer comprises means for feeding a woven fabric.
- 6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means for providing the second layer comprises means for feeding a non-woven fabric.
- 7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means for providing the second layer comprises means for feeding a knit fabric.
- 8. A device for colored patterning of a web of a nonwoven or a composite of a nonwoven and a fabric or knit, by subjecting the web including a top layer and a second layer to water jets to displace fibers so that fibers of the top layer are displaced into the second layer to produce a colored pattern on an underside of the second layer, the device comprising:a feeder for providing the second layer; a laying device for laying the top layer having a different color than the second layer on the second layer; an endless belt for transporting the web in a transport direction; a nozzle beam provided adjacent the endless belt and arranged crosswise to the endless belt for directing water jets to the web; and a patterning element provided between the nozzle beam and the endless belt to direct the water jets from the nozzle beam in a pattern to displace fibers of the top layer into the second layer to produce the desired colored pattern.
- 9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the patterning element comprises a second, perforated endless belt.
- 10. The device according to claim 8, wherein the patterning element comprises a perforated drum.
- 11. The device according to claim 8, further comprising a suction device provided on a side of a portion of the endless belt opposite the nozzle beam, and a drying device for drying the web having the desired pattern.
- 12. The device according to claim 8, wherein the feeder feeds a woven fabric.
- 13. The device according to claim 8, wherein the feeder feeds a nonwoven fabric.
- 14. The device according to claim 8, wherein the feed feeds a knit.
Priority Claims (1)
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199 56 571 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/716,281, filed Nov. 21, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,487,762.
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