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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Parker, Bolton, GB;
William M Farnhill, Burnley, GB;
Assignee:
Hollingsworth (U.K.) Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01H / ; D01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
57401 ;
Abstract
Friction spinning apparatus comprises two rollers arranged in parallel closely spaced relationship so as to define therebetween adjacent the line of closest approach a throat and a fibre feed means for feeding fibres into the throat for twisting into yarn as shown in G.B. No. 2042599. The surface of each of the rollers has a roughness characteristic at most 250 micro inches (6.25 microns) and the roller having its surface moving from the fibre feed means into the throat has a roughness less than that of the other roller by from 20 to 100 micro inches (0.5 to 2.54 microns).