Apparatus for continuous spinning of fibrous textile materials

Claim 1

IN A SPINNING ARRANGEMENT, IN COMBINATION, A ROTARY SPINNING CHAMBER ROTATING ABOUT ITS AXIS, SAID ROTARY SPINNING CHAMBER HAVING AN INWARDLY DIRECTED ANNULAR COLLECTING SURFACE FACING SAID AXIS AND FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF SUCTION HOLES THEREIN COMMUNICATING WITH SUCTION CHANNELS PASSING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID SPINNING CHAMBER, AND SAID ROTARY SPINNING CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET OPENING AND AN OUTLET OPENING FORMED THERETHROUGH AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE OUTER SPACE; A SPINNING TUBE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID INLET OPENING INTO SAID ROTARY SPINNING CHAMBER AND FACING SAID COLLECTING SURFACE; MEANS FOR FEEDING FIBROUS MATERIAL INTO SAID SPINNING TUBE; SAID SUCTION CHANNELS BEING DIMENSIONED SO AS TO CREATE A REDUCED PRESSURE IN THE SPINNING TUBE WHILE THE SPINNING CHAMBER IS ROTATING SO AS TO DRAW SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL FED INTO SAID SPINNING TUBE THROUGH SAID TUBE INTO SAID SPINNING CHAMBER AND INTO CONTACT WITH SAID COLLECTING SURFACE; MEANS FOR CREATING RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID ROTARY SPINNING CHAMBER AND SAID SPINNING TUBE THEREBY SPINNING SAID FIBROUS MATERIAL AFTER IT HAS BEEN DRAWN INTO SAID SPINNING CHAMBER; AND MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID THUS-SPUN FIBROUS MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF YARN FROM SAID COLLECTING SURFACE AND THROUGH SAID OUTLET OPENING OF SAID ROTARY SPINNING CHAMBER.