Abstract: A texturizing apparatus comprising a drive housing having a false twist inlet to allow a plurality of yarns to enter the drive housing, a pair of opposing counter-rotating nip rollers positioned downstream of the false twist inlet, each nip roller having a circumferential drive surface adapted to engage the plurality of yarns and at least one circumferential spacer surface, and means for applying compression to one of the nip rollers to force the at least one circumferential spacer surfaces of the pair of nip rollers toward each other. The drive housing further having a drive outlet positioned downstream of the pair of counter-rotating nip rollers through which the plurality of yarns may exit the drive housing. The texturizing apparatus can also include a stuffer box having at least one movable flapper door and a box inlet positioned proximate the box inlet and of a size to allow the plurality of yarns to enter the interior of the suffer box.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing mop trimmings from a twisted yarn (7) which is cut into pieces is described. In order to prevent any untwisting of the yarn pieces it is proposed that the twisted yarn (7) is subjected to a needling prior to cutting.

Abstract: A process for producing yarns that have enhanced resistance to unraveling and linting. The yarns are moved along guides through a needle loom where a series of needles engage the yarns. This engagement of the yarns by the needles causes the fibers of the yarns to become intermixed.

Abstract: A method of collecting strand includes rotating a collet to wind the strand into a package, traversing the strand from end to end of the package so that the strand is wound in a helical pattern on the package, contacting the package with a roller bail at edge portions at each end of the package, pressing the package with the roller bails, thereby causing the strand to flatten as it is wound in the edge portions to create a strand having periodically occurring flat spots, and controlling the flattening of the strand by controlling the pressure of the roller bails on the package. The flattening of the strand can also be controlled by controlling speed of the traverse of the strand.

Abstract: This invention comprises a yarn threading apparatus for a draw texturing machine for enabling yarn threading through yarn guides to be easily carried out with respect to a non-contact type heater positioned horizontally in the upper part of the machine, with a twist exerting apparatus comprising a nozzle part for supplying compressed air for transporting such yarn through a guide pipe which guides the transported yarn to the entrance of the heater and retractable guides in said heater retractable when the yarn is being threaded and insertable after the yarn is threaded for receiving a guide such threaded yarn.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a blended yarn from a plurality of yarn strands is disclosed, and wherein the yarns are advanced to contact the surface of a feed roll in a side by side arrangement. A guide roll for each of the yarn strands is positioned upstream of the feed roll, and one or more of the guide rolls has a circumferential configuration which serves to repeatedly move the advancing yarn strands relative to each other so that the strands laterally cross each other on the surface of the feed roll in a predetermined pattern.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a process and product thereof, and an apparatus, for converting a twisted, continuous filament, multifilament yarn into a staple-like yarn. The process is carried out by needling the yarn with a barbed needle in order to break yarn filaments. The broken yarn filaments protrude from the yarn after the needling process. The protruding filament ends give the resulting yarn the appearance of a spun yarn.

Abstract: In order to produce a fancy yarn with protuberances along its length in a simple manner, and without adding either a binding yarn or an effect yarn, a multi-filament yarn of continuous filaments is forwarded by a positive drive means and twisted and taken up by a spindle. When engaged with a surface of the drive means the yarn is engaged by an edge which brakes some of the filaments.