Frictional open-end spinning method and apparatus

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for frictional open-end spinning which is an improvement upon that disclosed by the co-assigned U.S. Pat. No. 4,168,601. Continuously supplied separated fibers are deposited onto a first, frictional carrying surface provided on a revolving carrier and designed for conveying the fibers to the mouth of a wedge-like gap defined by said frictional carrying surface and a second frictional surface provided on a second revolving carrier moving in said wedge-like gap in the opposite direction relative to the first, frictional carrying surface. The fibers are twisted to yarn in the mouth of the wedge-like gap due to the contact with said frictional surfaces of which one is convex and the other concave. The yarn is withdrawn from said gap in a lateral direction and the twist propagation is prevented. The fibers supplied by the frictional carrying surface into the wedge-like gap are transferred, at least in a yarn preforming region followed by a yarn finishing region, immediately downstream of the mouth of the wedge-like gap, by the action of a first force onto said second frictional surface, from which the fibers after having left the wedge-like gap, are transferred by the action of a second force again onto said frictional carrying surface upstream of the mouth of said wedge-like gap.