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Crimping apparatus

US4019228A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1975
Grant dateApr 26, 1977
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Expiry dateSep 10, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD02G1/122
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A filamentary strand of a thermoplastic nature is ejected from an ejection nozzle being entrained on a heated medium flow into a stuffing chamber structured on a circulating endless surface moving at a speed slower than the ejection speed and the stuffed filamentary strand is transported, being carried by the endless surface, towards a downstream outlet of the stuffing room in such a way that the yarn mass is gradually compressed during displacement toward the downstream outlet of said stuffing room. During the transportation either a free or a positive cooling is employed. The resultant filamentary strand is provided with random, bulky and round three-dimensional crimps.

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