Abstract: Multifilament yarn is interlaced by passing the yarn through an apparatus which impinges four streams or jets of fluid upon the yarn. The jets or streams of fluid are given a rotational component by auxiliary streams of air which impinge on the jets or streams with a tangential attitude. The yarn and impinging streams of fluid converge in a cavity located within an interlacing chamber wherein the height of the cavity is no greater than the smallest diameter of the cavity and wherein the inlet of the interlacing chamber is wider than the diameter of the cavity and the outlet of the interlacing chamber is narrower than the cavity.

Abstract: Methods of and apparatus for treating yarn with a fluid material include a chamber through which the yarn is advanced and an injection nozzle for impinging fluid on the yarn as it advances through the chamber. The injection nozzle is registered with a fluid circulation system in which a dyeing substance or other fluid treating substance or material is circulated. Upon interrupting the circulation of the fluid treating material, a portion of the material is diverted into the chamber through which the yarn is advancing. By interrupting the circulation of the fluid treating material according to a selected pattern, the fluid treating material will impinge on the advancing yarn with a corresponding pattern. If it is desired to impinge treating materials having different characteristics, such as dyes of different colors, then a plurality of circuits may be utilized to direct the fluid materials into the chamber through which the yarn advances.