Process for making tangled yarn

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A TANGLED YARN COMPRISING PROVIDING A SUPPLY OF AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIALLY UNTWISTED FILAMENTARY YARN, DEFINING A YARN CHANNEL HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS, AN INLET END AND AN OUTLET END, FEEDING A QUANTITY OF YARN FROM SAID SUPPLY INTO SAID YARN CHANNEL IN SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH A PORTION OF SAID INLET END, WITHDRAWING SAID QUANTITY OF YARN FROM SAID YARN CHANNEL IN SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH A PORTION OF SAID OUTLET END, THE FEED RATE BEING IN EXCESS OF THE WITHDRAWAL RATE AND THE FED YARN DEFINING AN ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE WITHDRAWN YARN, AND SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY CONTACTING SAID QUANTITY OF YARN INTERMEDIATE SAID INLET AND OUTLET ENDS OF SAID YARN CHANNEL WITH A STREAM OF GASEOUS MATERIAL BY BLOWING SAID GASEOUS MATERIAL INTO SAID YARN CHANNEL ECCENTRICALLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID YARN CHANNEL, SAID PORTION OF SAID INLET END OF SAID YARN CHANNEL BEING ON THE SAME SIDE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS AS SAID OFFSET AND A PORTION OF SAID OUTLET END OF SAID YARN CHANNEL BEING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS FROM SAID OFFSET.