Apparatus for guiding filaments

Claim 1

A FILAMENT-PROCESSING APPARATUS, WHICH COMPRISES AN OPEN PROCESSING TANK, A SECOND OPEN PROCESSING TANK POSITIONED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRST-METHIONED TANK, A ROLLER HAVING GROUPS OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVES SPACED THEREALONG DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY AT A PREDETERMINED LEVEL AT THE EXIT END OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED TANK FOR GUIDING A PLURALITY OF FILAMENTS FROM THE TANK, A SECOND ROLLER HAVING A GROUP OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVES SPACED THEREALONG THE SAME AS THE SPACING OF ONE OF SAID GROUP S OF GROOVES IN THE FIRST-MENTIONED ROLLER AND DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY AT A PREDETERMINED LEVEL DIFFERENT FROM THE LEVEL OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED ROLLER FOR DEFLECTING A GROUP OF FILAMENTS TRAVELLING IN THE LAST MENTINED GROUP OF GROOVES TO A PREDETERMINED PLANE A GROUP OF SHEAVES MOUNTED IN THE LASTMENTIONED PLANE ALONG A DIAGONAL WITH RESPECT TO THE LAST-MENTIONED ROLLER FOR GUIDING THROUGH A RIGHT ANGLE FILAMENTS FROM THE LAST-MENTIONED ROLLER, A SECOND GROUP OF SHEAVES MOUNTED IN A PLANE AT THE LEVEL AT WHICH A SECOND GROUP OF WIRES LEAVE THE FIRST-MENTIONED ROLLER ALONG A DIAGONAL WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST-MENTIONED ROLLER FOR GUIDING THE SECOND GROUP OF FILAMENTS THROUGH A RIGHT ANGLE AT A LEVEL DIFFERENT FROM THE LEVEL OF THE WIRES OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED GROUP, A GROUP OF SHEAVES MOUNTED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE FIRST-MENTIONED GROUP OF SHEAVES ALONG A DIAGONAL WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND TANK AND OPPOSED TO THE DIAGONAL OF THE SHEAVES OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED GROUP, A THIRD ROLLER HAVING GROOVES THEREIN MOUNTED BETWEEN THE THIRD-MENTIONED GROUP OF SHEAVES AND THE SECOND-MENTIONED TANK FOR RECEIVING THE FILAMENTS FROM THE THIRD-MENTIONED GROUP OF SHEAVES AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE THIRD-MENTIONED GROUP OF SHEAVES, A FOURTH ROLLER HAVING GROOVES THEREIN POSITIONED