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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard T. Entrekin, San Angelo, TX (US);
Samsel K. Labrecque, Gainesville, GA (US);
Harvey Gordon Anderson, Toccoa, GA (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06B 3/06 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for continuously cleaning a yarn moving through the device. A first scouring body has a yarn entrance and a yarn exit connected by a central cavity. Pressurized fluid is introduced through the yarn while the yarn is positioned within and moving through the central cavity.