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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gunter Konig, Uhingen, DE;
Assignee:
Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH, Ebersbach/Fils, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
57287 ; 28240 ; 28245 ; 28246 ; 57-6 ; 57288 ;
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for producing a thin/thick effect yarn provides a thin/thick effect by segmentwise stretching of a filamentary precursor yarn which is combined with a fully-stretched filamentary precursor yarn so that the latter supports the former. The combination can be effected by twisting, nub entanglement or winding of one yarn around the other.