An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing fiberous board with which fiberous board exhibiting high bending strength and high stiffness at a wide range of heating temperatures and a wide range of compressing and heating times. In the present invention, fiberous board having an initial flexural modulus of at least 300 MPa in three point bending test is obtained by forming a web by correcting sheath-core composite fibers of which a core component is formed from a copolymer of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid and the sheath component is formed from ethylene glycol, adipic acid, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid; and/or diethylene glycol. The web is then compressed in a direction of thickness and heated, so that the sheath component softens and melts and the sheath-core composite fibers are melt bonded together and molded into a flat plate shape.

A filament web type precursor fabric for an activated carbon fiber fabric is produced by (i) spreading precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber in a web state; and (ii) punching the precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber spread in a web state to entangle the precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber with each other. The filament web type precursor fabric has a structure in which the precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber are spread in a web form and entangled with each other, and has a weight per unit area ranging from 50 to 500 g/m.sup.2. An activated carbon fiber fabric manufactured by activating the filament web type precursor fabric contains yarns with improved and uniform durability and crystallinity, and an shows improved performance of forming microfine pores having a diameter of 1 to 2 nm.

A filament web type precursor fabric for an activated carbon fiber fabric is produced by (i) spreading precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber in a web state; and (ii) punching the precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber spread in a web state to entangle the precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber with each other. The filament web type precursor fabric has a structure in which the precursor filaments for preparing activated carbon fiber are spread in a web form and entangled with each other, and has a weight per unit area ranging from 50 to 500 g/m.sup.2. An activated carbon fiber fabric manufactured by activating the filament web type precursor fabric contains yarns with improved and uniform durability and crystallinity, and an shows improved performance of forming microfine pores having a diameter of 1 to 2 nm.

Disclosed is a vehicular engine room manufacturing method wherein the engine room has excellent heat resistance and sound-absorbing characteristics, and scraps generated during the manufacturing process can be recycled. The vehicular engine room manufacturing method comprises the steps of: carding a thermoplastic fiber and a carbon fiber having a length of 10 to 150 mm and needle-punching the same, thereby forming a felt layer; applying heat and pressure to the felt layer, thereby forming a felt board; and applying heat to the felt board and shaping the same is formed in a desired shape.

It is intended to improve texture of a decoration using a stitch line while improving workability in sewing for forming the stitch line at a skin material, to promote manufacturing efficiency as compared to formation of a stepped shape only by sewing, and to reduce the number of steps. A skin material is used for a conveyance seat, and is molded using a die. The skin material includes a linearly-extending stepped portion having a stepped shape transferred from the die, and a stitch line sewn along the stepped portion. The stepped portion serves as a guide upon formation of the stitch line.

It is intended to improve texture of a decoration using a stitch line while improving workability in sewing for forming the stitch line at a skin material, to promote manufacturing efficiency as compared to formation of a stepped shape only by sewing, and to reduce the number of steps. A skin material is used for a conveyance seat, and is molded using a die. The skin material includes a linearly-extending stepped portion having a stepped shape transferred from the die, and a stitch line sewn along the stepped portion. The stepped portion serves as a guide upon formation of the stitch line.

The invention concerns a novel binder system and its use for consolidating textile fabrics, as well as to products containing such consolidated textile fabrics. The materials according to the invention are suitable for the manufacture of reinforcing inserts, optionally in combination with at least one further textile fabric, for coated sarking membranes, roofing and waterproofing sheets, as textile backings or textile reinforcement in flooring, in particular in fitted carpets and PVC flooring, or in facers in wall coatings both in the interior and exterior of buildings, as well as in furniture.

A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.

A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.

A nonwoven web including a multiplicity of non-respirable, polycrystalline, aluminosilicate ceramic filaments entangled to form a cohesive mat, the polycrystalline, aluminosilicate ceramic filaments having an average mullite percent of at least 75 wt. %. The cohesive mat preferably exhibits a compression resilience after 1,000 cycles at 900 C. when measured according to the Fatigue Test, of at least 30 kPa. Insulation articles including the cohesive mats or formed by chopping the ceramic mats into ceramic fibers, pollution control devices including the insulation articles, and methods of making the non-respirable, polycrystalline, aluminosilicate ceramic filaments and fibers, nonwoven webs, insulation articles, and pollution control devices, are also described.