Abstract: The method of producing reinforced thread includes feeding loose fibres o the disc of a rotary twisting member, guiding the core thread through the disc eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation of the twisting member and conducting the winding of the fibres about the core thread, to form the reinforced thread by rotating the twisting member. The apparatus for performing the method of producing reinforced thread comprises fibre-separating means communicating with a twisting member having a flat disc with an axial bore and an opening for the passage of the core thread, arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation of the twisting member, a holder for a bobbin with the core thread, a unit for winding the reinforced thread, and a guide for the core thread having its geometric center overlying the plane of the disc and aligned with the axis of rotation of the twisting member.

Abstract: The apparatus for producing two-component thread comprises a twisting mem to which the two components of the two-component thread are fed, and means for severing one of the components as the feed of the second component ceases, including a hollow cylinder operatively connected to a drive and having an annular slit made therein, with at least one flat knife accommodated in the internal space of the cylinder in the area adjoining the annular slit.

Abstract: A twisting member of a ringless spinning apparatus comprises a cylindrical ousing with blades on its peripheral side surface. Secured on the blades is a first disc with an eccentric passage extending therethrough for the advancement of fibres, this disc acting as one gripping element of a device for gripping the fibres. The other gripping element is in the form of a second disc with an axial passage which is coaxially mounted on one end of a spring-biased sleeve in a position facing the first disc with the eccentrically extending passage and defining a gap with this first disc. The sleeve is coaxially accommodated in the housing.