Abstract: The present invention relates to equipment/apparatus, and the relative method/process, for the treatment of synthetic filaments, in particular for drawing said filaments, comprising at least two nozzles each provided with a main passage, through which said yarns pass, having a section variable between an inlet portion and an outlet portion and into which at least one supply channel opens to supply a fluid according to a preferential direction. Advantageously, the nozzles are provided in line and the sections of the main passage of the second nozzle have an area at least 3% larger than the corresponding sections of the main passage of the first nozzle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to equipment/apparatus, and the relative method/process, for the treatment of synthetic filaments, in particular for drawing said filaments, comprising at least two nozzles each provided with a main passage, through which said yarns pass, having a section variable between an inlet portion and an outlet portion and into which at least one supply channel opens to supply a fluid according to a preferential direction. Advantageously, the nozzles are provided in line and the sections of the main passage of the second nozzle have an area at least 3% larger than the corresponding sections of the main passage of the first nozzle.

Abstract: A biopsy needle which contains a rotating and axially removable inner cannula housed within an outer cannula in the form of a penetrating needle, the configuration allowing for the removal of multiple tissue specimens with a single needle insertion, with a minimized risk of trauma to surrounding tissue, the distal ends of the outer and inner cannulas containing coextensive open channels, the outer and inner cannulas having operative distal piercing ends defined by converging lateral piercing edges interconnected inferiorly by a semiconical transverse base surface, and superiorly by trailing semicircumferential cutting edges, angled with reference to the needle horizontal axis, the inner cannula having an operative 180.degree.

Abstract: An apparatus for extruding molten polymeric material into a plurality of filaments. The apparatus includes a pack which has a distribution plate and a circular spinneret positioned below the distribution plate. A quenching head is carried within and below the circular spinneret and includes a plurality of concentric hubs carried on a cylindrical tubular main body. Each of the concentric hubs has an upwardly inclined wall adjacent an upper portion of the hub which defines an incline annular passage which extends upwardly towards the spinneret through which quenching air is fed from the cylindrical tubular body through the passages for cooling the filaments being produced by the spinneret.