PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a three-dimensionally shaped nonwoven fabric having a large apparent thickness and bulkiness, and maintaining a good touch originally possessed by a raw nonwoven fabric.SOLUTION: A method for producing a three-dimensionally shaped nonwoven fabric 1 includes: interposing a raw nonwoven fabric 2 between a first pressing die 11 and a second pressing die 12 each having a plurality of uneven portions regularly arranged on the surfaces thereof, and being engaged with each other, under the engagement state and three-dimensionally shaping the raw nonwoven fabric 2. The method includes: after three-dimensionally shaping the raw nonwoven fabric 2, sucking the raw nonwoven fabric 2 being attached to a surface of the first pressing die from an outer surface of the first pressing die to the inside to allow heated air to pass through the three-dimensionally shaped raw nonwoven fabric and transporting the raw nonwoven fabric.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】見掛け厚みが大きく嵩高であり、かつ原反不織布が本来的に有している良好な肌触りが維持された立体賦形不織布を提供すること。【解決手段】表面に多数の凹凸部が規則的に配置され、かつ互いに噛み合い形状になっている第1の押し型11及び第2の押し型12を、それらの噛み合い状態下に両者間に原反不織布2を介在させて、該原反不織布2を立体賦形する立体賦形不織布1の製造方法である。原反不織布を立体賦形した後に、第1の押し型の表面に該原反不織布を付着させたまま、第1の押し型の外面から内部に向けて吸引を行うことで立体賦形された原反不織布に加熱された空気を貫通させ、該原反不織布を搬送する。【選択図】図2
