Process and apparatus for making alternate s/z twist plied braid or joined alternate s/z twist plied yarns
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- GILBOS NV
- Publication Date
- 2013-08-15
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for producing an alternate twist plied braid and joined alternate twist plied yarns. The invention further relates to alternate S / Z twist plied braid and joined alternate S / Z twist plied yarns obtained with the method.BACKGROUND
[0002] The concept of producing alternate twist plied yarns using the alternate twist, self-twist phenomenon is now rather well known in the art. Documents in which the general principles of alternate twisting and self-twisting are described include the following: “Self-Twist Yarn”, D. E. Henshaw, Merrow Publishing C° , Ltd., Watford, Herts, England, 1971; RE 27,717 Breen et al; U.S. Pat. No. 3,225,533 Henshaw; U.S. Pat. No. 3,306,023 Henshaw et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 3,353,344 Clendening, Jr.; U.S. Pat. No. 3,434,275 Backer et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 3,443,370 Walls; U.S. Pat. No. 3,507,108 Yoshimura et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 3,717,988 Walls; U.S. Pat. No. 3,775,955 Shahand and U.S. Pat. No. 3...