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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Munro, Atherton, GB;
Lester Entwisle, Hindley Green, GB;
Assignee:
TBA Industrial Products Limited, Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 42 ; 242159 ; 57350 ; 28274 ;
Abstract
Continuous multifilament glass fiber roving of from 300 to 10,000 tex is rendered catenary-free without twisted by passing it at from 150 to 300 meters/minute through an air treatment zone in which it is exposed to air at from 400 to 600 KN/meter.sup.2 at a volume throughput of from 0.5 to 1.5 cubic meters/minute, the air treatment being carried out in the absence of positive overfeed whereby there is no bulking of the roving, followed by winding the treated roving into a package.