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APPARATUS FOR SPINNING YARN FROM STAPLE FIBER COMPRISING STAPLE FIBER ASSEMBLY MEANS HAVING A MOVABLE FIBERCARRYING SURFACE ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS STAPLE FIBER SUPPLY MEANS INCLUDING A FIBER SUPPORTING SURFACE CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED FOR INTERMITTENT FIBER NIPPIN CONTACT WITH SAID FIBER SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR INTERMITTENTLY DELIVERING STAPLE FIBERS IN SILVER FORM AND OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP ONTO THE SURFACE OF SAID FIBER ASSEMBLY MEANS AT A FIBER TRANSFER POINT YARN OUTPUT MEANS FOR REMOVING STAPLE FIBERS IN YARN FORM FROM SAID FIBER ASSEMBLY MEANS AT A YARN TRANSFER POINT REMOTE FROM SAID FIBER TRANSFER POINT INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS IN CONTACT WITH SAID SURFACE OF SAID STAPLE FIBER ASSEMBLY MEANS PORVIDING A CONTINUOUS POSITIVE FIBER NIP THEREWITH AT SAID YARN TRANSFER POINT AND YARN DELIVERY MEANS PROVIDING A YARN NIP POINT AT A YARN DELIVERY POINT SPACED FROM SAID YARN TRANSFER POINT IN A DIRECTION GENERLALY ALONG SAID AXIS, POWER MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOVABLE SURFACE RELATIVELY, TO SAID STAPLE FIBER SUPPLY MEANS FIBER SUPPORTING SURFACE INTERMITTENTLY POSITIVELY TO APPLY FIBERS IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIBER ASSEMBLY SURFACE AT SAID FIBER TRANSFER POINT FOR MOVING SAID MOVABLE SURFACE WITH SAID FIBERS ON SAID MOVABLE SURFACE FROM SAID FIBER TRANSFER POINT TO SAID YARN TRANSFER POINT AND FOR ROTATING ABOUT AN AXIS SAID STAPLE FIBER ASSEMBLY MEANS TOGETHER WITH SAID CONTROL MEANS TO ROTATE FIBERS AT SAID YARN TRANSFER POINT TO SPIN SAID FIBERS INTO A YARN IN A TWISTING ZONE BETWEEN SAID YARN TRANSFER POINT AND SAID YARN DELIVERY POINT.