Method of making elastic core yarns

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING AN ELASTIC CORE YARN, COMPRISING PROVIDING A SUPPLY OF A SEGMENTED ELASTOMERIC YARN WOUND INTO A YARN PACKAGE, PROVIDING A SUPPLY OF INELASTIC YARN, ROTATING SAID YARN PACKAGE AT A PREDETERMINED PERIPHERAL SPEED, WITHDRAWING THE ELASTIC YARN FROM THE YARN PACKAGE AT A PREDETERMINED WITHDRAWAL SPEED, CORRELATING SAID SPEEDS WITH THE NATURE OF THE ELASTOMERIC YARN AND THE YARN PACKAGE TENSION IN SUCH A MANNER THAT SAID ELASTOMERIC YARN LEAVES SAID PACKAGE ALONG A PATH SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL TO SAID PACKAGE, FEEDING THE ELASTOMERIC YARN THROUGH A STRETCH ZONE, TENSIONING THE ELASTOMERIC YARN IN THE STRETCH ZONE TO ELONGATE SAID ELASTOMERIC YARN A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, AND WINDING THE INELASTIC YARN AROUND THE ELONGATED ELASTOMERIC YARN TO PRODUCE AN ELASTIC CORE YARN.