Spinning arrangement for spinning fibers from molten plastic or the like

Claim 1

IN A SPINNING ARRANGEMENT THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A SPINNINGMEMBER HAVING A NECK PORTION AND A CONICAL DISCHARGE SURFCE FLARING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM A METERING FEED MEMBER HAVING AN ANNULAR PRESENTED EDGE PORTION EXTENDING TO WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF THE SURFACE OF THE SPINNING MEMBER TO DEFINE AN ANNULAR METERING SPACE, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A BODY OF MOLTEN PLASTIC MATERIAL ABOVE THE METERING MEMBER, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SPINNING MEMBER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED SO THAT MOLTEN MATERIAL IS DISCHARGED THROUGH THE METERING SPACE AND ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE SPINNING MEMBER TO FORM A FILM WHICH IS OF DECREASING THICKNESS AS THE MATERIAL MOVES TOWARD THE PERIPHERY OF THE SPINNING MEMBER FOR FORMATION OF A MULTIPLICITY OF FIBERS AT THE SURFACE OF THE SPINNING MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR BIASING THE METERING MEMBER TOWARD SAID SPINNING MEMBER TO LIMIT THE METERING SPACE DEPENDING UPON THE VISOCITY OF THE MATERIAL FLOWING THERETHROUGH.