Method and apparatus for making a decorative yarn with slubs therein

Claim 1

IN A SLUBBING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A FRAME HAVING BACK ROLLS FOR SPINNING YARN, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: A TRUMPET GUIDE HAVING A FLARED INLET CONVERGING INTO A REDUCED OUTLET PORTION TERMINATING ADJACENT THE NIP OF SAID BACK ROLLS OF THE FRAME, SAID TRUMPET GUIDE BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AT LEAST TWO CONTINUOUS ENDS CONVERGING TOWARD EACH OTHER AND TO DIRECT THE CONTINUOUS ENDS IN SIDE BY SIDE GENERALLY CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP TO THE NIP OF THE BACK ROLLS; AND A SLUB DISPENSING TUBE HAVING AN INLET ARRANGED TO RECEIVE SLUBS AND AIR FOR CONVEYING THE SLUBS THERETHROUGH AND A SLUB DISCHARGE OUTLET POSITIONED ADJACENT THE FLARED INLET OF SAID TRUMPET GUIDE AND BETWEEN THE CONVERGING CONTINUOUS ENDS WHEREBY SLUBS DELIVERED FROM THE SLUB DISCHARGE OUTLET OF SAID TUBE ARE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS ENDS CONVERGING IN THE TRUMPET GUIDE, THE SLUBS BEING POSITIONED WITH THEIR LENGTH IN A PLANE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF AND BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS ENDS PASSING THROUGH THE TRUMPET GUIDE.