Apparatus and process for producing apertured non-woven fabric.

摘要

The present invention provides an apparatus and a process for producing apertured non-woven fabric wherein a fibrous web (48) is introduced onto a support means (11) having a plurality of projections (13) regularly formed on its surface (12) and drainage holes (14) formed therethrough. High velocity water jets are directed at the fabric so that the projections (13) deflect aside fibres of the fibrous web lying on the projections towards surface zones of the body defined between the projections whereby to form apertures in the fibrous web and simultaneously randomly to entangle together the fibres lying on said surface zones.