Method and apparatus for producing novelty yarn

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SPINNING NOVEL FILAMENTS OF ARTIFICIAL ORIGIN HAVING IMPROVED STRENGTH AND SOFTNESS COMPRISING MEANS FOR DELIVERING A CELLULOSIC SPINNING SOLUTION AT A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE, PRECIPITATING APPARATUS TO RECEIVED SAID SPINNING SOLUTION, A SPINNERETTE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PRECIPITATING APPARATUS, WITH THE EXTRUSION HOLES IN SAID SPINNERETTE BEING SO ARRANGED SO AS TO DELIVER AT LEAST TWO DISTINCT BUNDLES OF FILAMENTS OF DIFFERENT DENIER, A PLURALITY OF FUNNELS, EACH OF WHICH IS DISPOSED TO RECEIVE ONE OF SAID BUNDLES OF FILAMENTS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FUNNELS HAVING A LENGTH GREATER THAN SAID OTHER FUNNELS, THE LONGER OF SAID FUNNELS HAVING A REDUCED NIPPLE OPENING IN ITS FREE END, MEANS DISPOSED BENEATH SAID LONGER FUNNELS TO TEMPORARILY RECEIVE THE FILAMENTS ISSUING THEREFROM IN PILED RELATION, MEANS FOR GUIDING THE FILAMENT BUNDLES FROM SAID FUNNELS TO A THREAD UNITING MEANS WHEREBY THE NATURAL ADHESIVENESS OF SAID FILAMENTS CAUSES THE FORMATION OF A COMPOSITE FILAMENTS BUNDLE, COLLECTING MEANS FOR SAID COMPOSITE FILAMENT BUNDLE, AND MEANS FOR TREATING SAID COMPOSITE FIALMENT BUNDLE WITH AN ACID REGENERATING BATH WHILE BEING COLLECTED ON SAID COLLECTION MEANS.