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Method and apparatus for producing slub yarn

US4663927A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1985
Grant dateMay 12, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD02G3/34
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A slub yarn, in which a sheath component is wound around a core component to form a plurality of slub portions along the axis of the yarn, which structure is obtained by simultaneously false-twist texturing the core and sheath components. The slub yarn has a feature that the slub portion includes a multilayered winding structure of seven or more layers of the sheath component wound around the core component. A method for producing the slub yarn includes a step of overfeeding a sheath component to a core component in the direction substantially perpendicular to a passage of the core component in a twisting zone of a false-twist texturing machine while the sheath component is guided by a guide repeatedly traversed along a passage of the core component, a distance between the guide and the passage of the core component being kept in a range not shorter than 10 cm. An apparatus for randomly traversing the sheath component along the core component during the false-twist texturing process is also provided.

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