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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 1991
Date of Patent:
October 13, 1992
Assignees:
L. Payen et Cie, Societe Anonyme, Pierre Payen