Production of spun yarns and fibers

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A BUNDLE CONSISTING ENTIRELY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEIZED CRIMPED DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS SUITABLE FOR SPINNING INTO A YARN, FROM A LARGE TOTAL DENIER BUNDLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELIZED CONTINUOUS WET-SPUN STRAITHT REGENERATED CELLULOSE FLIAMENTS CHARACTERIZED BY BEING REVERSIBLY CONVERTIBLE BY PLASTICIZATION AND SETTING THEREOF BETWEEN AN INHERENT CRIMPED CONDITION OBTAINABLE BY SETTING UNDER RELAXATION, AND A STRAIGHT CONDITON OBTAIABLE BY SETTING UNDER TENSION, IN AT MOST ONLY SLIGHTLY TWISTED CONDITION, WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING THE BUNDLE OF CONTINUOUS FLIAMENTS TO SUFFICIENT TENSION TO BREAK THE FILAMENTS, AFTER THE FILAMENTS ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE SPINNING BTH AND WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN THE WET CONDITION, THEREBY CONVERTING ALL OF THE FILAMENTS TO SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELIZED DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS WITHOUT DISRUPTION OF LOSS OF CONTINUITY OF THE BUNDLE, RELAXING THE BUNDLE OF DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS, AND DRYING THE FIBERS WHILE THE BUNDLE IS RELAXED TO THEREBY SET THE FIBERS IN THE BUNDLE IN CRIMPED CONDITION.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A BUNDLE CONSISTING ENTIRELY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEIZED CRIMPED DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS SUITABLE FOR SPINNING INTO A YARN, FROM A LARGE TOTAL DENIER BUNDLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELIZED CONTINUOUS WET-SPUN STRAITHT REGENERATED CELLULOSE FLIAMENTS CHARACTERIZED BY BEING REVERSIBLY CONVERTIBLE BY PLASTICIZATION AND SETTING THEREOF BETWEEN AN INHERENT CRIMPED CONDITION OBTAINABLE BY SETTING UNDER RELAXATION, AND A STRAIGHT CONDITON OBTAIABLE BY SETTING UNDER TENSION, IN AT MOST ONLY SLIGHTLY TWISTED CONDITION, WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING THE BUNDLE OF CONTINUOUS FLIAMENTS TO SUFFICIENT TENSION TO BREAK THE FILAMENTS, AFTER THE FILAMENTS ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE SPINNING BTH AND WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN THE WET CONDITION, THEREBY CONVERTING ALL OF THE FILAMENTS TO SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELIZED DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS WITHOUT DISRUPTION OF LOSS OF CONTINUITY OF THE BUNDLE, RELAXING THE BUNDLE OF DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS, AND DRYING THE FIBERS WHILE THE BUNDLE IS RELAXED TO THEREBY SET THE FIBERS IN THE BUNDLE IN CRIMPED CONDITION.