Abstract: Monofilament twist for applications, such as, for example, use as a reinforcement in tires, for paper-machine junction felts, as a canopy support and for knitting, braiding or other textile operations, consisting of at least two monofilaments of synthetic material of a grist at least equal to 20 tex, assembled, twisted and thermoset and virtually free of untwisting stress. The synthetic material is preferably based on polyamide or polyester. Process for the production of twists.

Abstract: A process for treating a ply-twisted crimped multifilament yarn. The process involves adjusting the temperature and moisture content of the yarn prior to passing the yarn through a stuffer box which is essentially free of steam. Excess hot fluid is removed from the yarn, and the yarn's temperature is adjusted to a temperature in the range of about 40.degree. to 90.degree. C. before the yarn is passed through the stuffer box. The yarns may be used for making a textured saxony-type carpets having a tightly tailored surface texture.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuous production of a covered elastane-based yarn in which a partially stretched multi-filament yarn is twisted about a tensioned bare elastane yarn, at less than 500 revolutions per meter, and then heated and stretched again to complete the residual stretching of both parts of the covered yarn.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for continuous production of a covered elastane-based yarn is shown in which a partially stretched multi-filament yarn is twisted about a tensioned bare elastane yarn, at less than 500 revolutions per meter, and then heated and stretched again to complete the residual stretching of both parts of the covered yarn.

Abstract: A yarn false twist texturing process and apparatus wherein the tension of the advancing yarn is monitored. The resulting signal is processed through a time filter to produce a time averaged signal, and the time averaged signal is compared with a set point signal to produce an adjusting signal which acts to control the false twisting unit so as to provide a substantially constant tension. The adjusting signal is also used to detect deficiencies of the false twisting process which disturb the uniformity of the texturing process.

Abstract: Modifying a polyester with special chain-brancher residues in carefully controlled amounts to provide a draw-texturing feed yarn that can be draw-textured at a speed of 1,000 mpm without excessive filament breaks, and with other advantages in the resulting textured yarns, such as improved bulk and dyeability over prior polyester yarns that could not be satisfactorily textured under similar conditions.

Abstract: Modifying a polyester with tetraethyl silicate or like oxysilicon chain-brancher to provide a draw-texturing feed yarn that can be draw-textured at a speed of at least 500 mpm without excessive filament breaks, and with other advantages in the resulting textured yarns, such as improved bulk and dyeability over unmodified polyester yarns textured under similar conditions, and preferably without sacrificing dye uniformity.

Abstract: A false twisted bulky synthetic multifilament yarn of a uniform polymer consisting of at least two filament bundles of different filament deniers, with the filaments in each of said bundles having the same denier per filament. The smaller denier per filament is less than 1 dtex, and the total denier of the texturized yarn is in excess of 100 times the finer filament denier. For the production of such a multifilament yarn, the draw ratios of both filament bundles are chosen such that the difference between both draw ratios is smaller than 0.1, and both bundles are drawtexturized simultaneously at a draw ratio corresponding to the draw ratio of the filament bundle having the coarser denier per filament. Preferred end uses of the yarn are water-repellent fabrics, dust proof fabrics, and the conductive component of sports wear.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for production of a heat-treated, coarse fiber of polyester-POY, whereby the fiber is first twisted and then continuously relaxed and tempered at a temperature from 130.degree. to 250.degree. C. to an extent from 20 to 55%. The slide-resistant fiber produced in this manner, displaying an elongation at break from 150 to 350%, a thermal shrink from +6 to -6% can be employed without further pre-treatment as weft yarn for tire cord webs.

Abstract: A pneumatic spinning method includes conducting sliver formed at least partly of spinning fibers through at least one swirl nozzle, and contacting the sliver in the swirl nozzle with at least one heated compressed air jet operating the swirl nozzle, and a device for carrying out the method.

Abstract: Multifilament superconductor strands of less than 1 mm diameter able to carry alternating current are stranded to a pitch of between 7 and 3 diameters, at a temperature above 200.degree. C. and a speed between 30 and 5,000 rpm.

Abstract: A textured yarn suitable for weaving a fabric having an improved width shrinkage is provided by a simultaneous draw-texturing process of a partially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) filament. During the draw-texturing process, the yarn delivered from a main heater is adjusted to maintain a yarn temperature not less than 80.degree. C. which corresponds to a glass transition temperature of PET prior to being introduced into a false twister, whereby both the crimpability and sonic velocity of the resulting yarn are improved. A fabric woven therefrom has a good bulkiness as well as a good resiliency. Further, according to the same principal, a textured yarn having crimp unevenness suitable for producing a fabric having a surface contour is provided by varying the yarn temperature prior to being introduced into the false twister in a range between 80.degree. C. and 160.degree. C. The latter yarn has no tight spots therein and results in a natural looking fabric.

Abstract: A natural gut string for sports rackets comprises at least two gut strands, each strand of which comprises a plurality of gut ribbons twisted together in a first direction, which strands are combined and re-twisted together in a direction opposite to the first direction. In a process for making the gut strings, the gut ribbons and gut strands are preferably twisted under tension.

Abstract: A process for making filament yarn products is disclosed in which polypropylene, having a molecular weight distribution of less than about 7 and a melt index between about 20 and about 60 is melt spun to produce an as-spun product or additionally interlaced before take-up, twist-drawn, heat set, draw-textured by false-twisting, simultaneously draw-textured, sequentially draw-textured, draw-twisted, draw-Taslan textured, stuffer box crimped and cut into staple fibers, or a plurality of yarns are simultaneously draw-textured by false-twisting while reversing the direction of twist of alternate yarns and thereafter interlacing. Products of improved tenacity, improved birefringence and low elongation are produced.

Abstract: The invention concerns an improved process for the manufacture of a fancy yarn, in particular of the crepe effect and of the kind where a multifilamentary yarn is overtwisted, then subjected to a false-twist texturing treatment carried out in the same twisting direction as the overtwist, which is characterized in that the basic multifilamentary yarn is a partly stretched synthetic yarn, and the complementary stretching is carried out simultaneously with the false-twist texturing.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for simultaneously drawing and false-twisting a thermoplastic synthetic yarn, in or by which an undrawn or a partially drawn yarn is drawn under a dry hot condition in a condition of the yarn being false-twisted by twist transmitted from a false-twister and immediately thereafter heat-set under a wet hot condition prior to untwisting.The apparatus includes a yarn heater, which comprises a dry heater disposed on the side of a feeding device for the undrawn or partially drawn yarn and a wet heater on the side of a false-twister along the yarn passing direction.

Abstract: A bulky, heatset, tangle, twisted singles yarn is provided having exceptional column strength and resistance to bending and untwisting. Cut pile produced therefrom has excellent tuft rigidity and endpoint definition. The yarn is produced by passing a bulked, twisted singles yarn through a chamber wherein the yarn is tangled and heatset with a heated fluid such as steam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and product for directly producing a latent heat-bulkable yarn from the same polymer composition in the same spinning process. The self-crimping yarn is produced from polyethylene terephthalate compositions which are melt spun at high speeds to form a plurality of spin oriented filaments. The filaments are divided in the spinning column into at least two groups and the two groups of filaments are subjected to different heat conditions, recombined, and taken up as a fully drawn yarn. The high spinning speed and differential heat treatment are selected to produce highly spin oriented yarn of relatively high spun birefringence with the conditions of spinning speed and heat treatment being controlled to produce a desired shrinkage differential between the two groups of filaments of up to 60 percent.

Abstract: A three-dimensioned crimp filament is prepared by twisting a bundle of large denier filaments into a single twist while said filaments are stretched between a freely-rotatable first roller with a peripheral groove having 10-500 mm of diameter at a grooved portion and at least one other freely-rotatable second roller in a total denier of 50,000-3,000,000 denier by means of twisting action in a subsequent double twist step, double twisting said single-twisted filaments into a double twist up to said first roller and heating the filaments thus twisted into a double twist while passing them through a tubular guide means, cooling said double-twisted filaments to effect a heat-set while maintaining the twisting action; untwisting said double-twisted filaments thus heat-set to form three-dimensioned crimp filaments, and cutting said untwisted three-dimensioned crimp filaments into stable lengths.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for winding thermoplastic coated strands into a composite cable wherein the strands are first twisted around one another into a cable and then heat is applied to melt the thermoplastic coating. A plurality of rotatably mounted spools of thermoplastic coated strands are rotated about a common axis while the strands are pulled from the spools. The strands are drawn together by a collimating means and then passed through a heating means before being wound onto a take-up spool.

Abstract: In a process and apparatus for manufacturing drawn and twisted multifilament synthetic yarn an extruded and partially drawn filamentary synthetic yarn is subjected to a supplementary, simultaneous, drawing and twisting operation using a double twist spindle rotated such that the tension in the yarn causes drawing. After the spinning and drawing, the yarn is subjected to heat treatment under controlled tension and is then wound up.

Abstract: The invention of this application relates to strings for game rackets which are formed of large monofilaments of thermoplastic, fiber-forming resin in which the monofilaments are twisted to form a bundle and two or more bundles are cabled and twisted in the opposite direction from the twist of the bundle, the composite string being oriented and heat set to prevent unravelling of the string. The strings are laced into a game racket such as a tennis racket under a tension of about 50 pounds to form a racket which has good playing properties as well as tensile retention and good resilience retention.

Abstract: Filaments are extruded from polyolefin. A plurality of filaments are formed into a strand by twisting. The twisted strand is is twisted with other strands to form a rope which retains its tensile strength and reduces elongation. The filaments are made into strands before the heat introduced during extrusion has completely dissipated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a twisted polyester filament yarn having a high level of twist used for a woven or knitted crepe fabric.A method of this invention comprises imparting a high level of twist to a polyester filament yarn which has particular properties, and heat setting said twisted polyester filament yarn. The first of these properties which the polyester filament yarn has is that a boil-off shrinkage in boiling water is in the range of 0% to 5%. The second is that a thermal shrinkage stress at 140.degree. C. in hot air is more than 0.03 g/de. The third is that a ratio of a thermal shrinkage stress at 180.degree. C. in hot air to a thermal shrinkage stress at 140.degree. C. is more than 1.0.The polyester filament yarn which has above mentioned properties can be obtained by repeating heat treatment several times at a temperature from 160.degree. C. to 220.degree. C.

Abstract: A twist-free texturing feed yarn of drawn thermoplastic filaments is prepared from a bundle (A) of filaments having a melting point of 255.degree. to 275.degree. C. and a bundle (B) of filaments having a melting point above 230.degree. C. which is 15.degree. to 39.degree. C. lower than that of the filaments of bundle (A). The bundles differ in coloration or affinity for dyestuffs. The feed yarn is false-twist textured at a temperature 53.degree. to 78.degree. C. lower than the melting point of the filaments of bundle (A) to produce a textured yarn which provides a heather of high contrast and low directionality (no color streaks) in fabric made from the yarn. Filament compositions illustrated are poly(ethylene terephthalate) or poly[ethylene terephthalate/5-(sodium sulfo)isophthalate] or poly(hexamethylene adipamide) for bundle (A); and poly(ethylene terephthalate/glutarate) or poly(ethylene terephthalate/adipate) or poly(ethylene/2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propylene terephthalate) for bundle (B).

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensioned crimp filament comprising: a drive means for pulling filaments; a group of guide rollers arranged in a reverse U-shaped roller group, said roller group being provided ahead of said drive means and adapted to be rotated about a longitudinal axis such as to give forward and rearward portions of a plurality of filaments while stretched with a single twist formed thereon and being transferred by said drive means mutually opposite twisting actions; a pair of rotative rollers each provided with a groove, said roller pair being provided immediately after the roller at the forward end in said roller group and provided with a non-slip means for pulling the single twisted forward portion of said filaments at a transfer speed such that the filaments of said forward portion form into a double twist and are cooled sufficiently to effect a thermal set; a heating means provided ahead of said roller group and serving to heat the filaments formed with a double twist; a single