Abstract:
A PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SYNTHETIC TEXTILE STUFFING MATERIAL FROM A CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE CRIMPED, FOR USE IN STUFFING ARTICLES SUCH AS SLEEPING BAGS, ANORAKS, QUILTS, ETC. THIS PROCESS CONSISTS IN PASSING A CABLE OF CONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS BETWEEN TWO SMOOTH ROLLERS TURNING AT DIFFERENT PERIPHERAL SPEEDS AND HAVING AN ALTERNATE RELATIVE TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT, RECEIVING THE THUS FLATTENED CABLE OF CONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC FILAMENTS ON A CONVEYOR BELT, SPRAYING THIS FLATTENED CABLE WITH A BINDING MATERIAL, AND CAUSING THE BINDING MATERIAL TO HARDEN.