Spun dyed yarn

Claim 1

IN A METHOD FOR BLENDING A DYE DISPERSION WITH A VISCOSE SPINNING SOLUTION HAVING HIGHER VISCOSITY THAN SAID DISPERSION INCLUDING THE STEPS OF MAINTAINING A SUPPLY OF VISCOSE SPINNING SOLUTION, DIVIDING SAID SUPPLY INTO FIRST AND SECOND STREAMS, DIRECTING VISCOSE SPINNING SOLUTION FROM SAID FIRST STREAM TOWARD A SPINNING MACHINE, FEEDING VISCOSE SPINNING SOLUTION INTO SAID SECOND STREAM AT A FIRST RATE AND WITHDRAWING SAID SOLUTION FROM THIS STREAM AT A SECOND, HIGHER, RATE, SUPPLYING A DYE DISPERSION TO SAID SECOND STREAM AT A POINT PRIOR TO WITHDRAWAL OF SAID SECOND STREAM AT SAID HIGHER RATE, AND COMBINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND STREAMS BEFORE INTRODUCTION TO SAID SPINNING MACHINE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING INTRODUCING ALL OF SAID DYE DISPERSION FROM THE SUPPLY THEREFOR COAXIALLY INTO THE CENTER OF SAID SECOND STREAM, WHEREBY HOMOGENEOUS BLENDING OF THE DYE WITHIN THTE VISCOSE SOLUTION WILL OCCUR.