(under subclass 296) Method or apparatus wherein the nonwoven web is formed of, or includes, elongate, slender thread, or threadlike constituents of indeterminate or running length.
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28, Textiles: Manufacturing,
100+, for forming a nonwoven web by deposition of filamentary material transversely of a longitudinally extending substrate, usually of filamentary components; subclasses 103+ for contraction, relaxation, or shrinkage of a nonwoven web of filamentary material to alter or enchance interfilamentary entanglement; and subclasses 282+ for the formation of a nonwoven web of filamentary material by lateral distention, expansion, or separation of a tow.
65, Glass Manufacturing,
443+, and 529+ for processes and apparatus, respectively, for combined glass filament formation and nonwoven web formation with coating or treatment thereto.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
166+, and 433+ for the formation of a nonwoven web of filamentary material and bonding or uniting of the constituents thereof. 264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
165+, for the formation of continuous or indefinite length filaments and assembly, collection, or deposition thereof into web form; and subclass 342 for shrinkage of a nonwoven web of bicomponent or biconstituent filamentary material.
