Process for the production of mixed yarns

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING A HOMOGENEOUS, MIXED MULTICOLORED YARN WHICH COMPRISES THE SEPARATE STEPS OF: A. MELT SPINNING A COLORED, SYNTHETIC POLYAMIDE OR POLYESTER POLYMER THROUGH SPINNING NOZZLES AND SOLIDIFYING THE RESULTANT POLYMER TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF MONOFILAMENT GROUPS, B. MELT SPINNING A SECOND, DIFFERENT COLORED, SYNTHETIC POLYAMIDE OR POLYESTER THROUGH A SECOND DIFFERENT SET OF SPINNING NOZZLES AND SOLIDIFYING THE RESULTANT POLYMER TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF MONOFILAMENT GROUPS, C. GUIDING SAID MONOFILAMENT GROUPS OF DIFFERENT COLOR FROM THE DIFFERENT NOZZLES IN SEPARATE, SPACED, DIFFERENT COLORED PLANES UPON EMERGENCE FROM SAID SPINNING NOZZLES, THE FILAMENT GROUPS OF EACH OF SAID DIFFERENT COLORED PLANES BEING SPACED APART AND ALTERNATING WITH EACH OTHER, AND COMBINING THE MONOFILAMENT GROUPS OF EACH COLORED PLANE TO PROVIDE A PLANE OF ALTERNATELY SPACED APART, DIFFERENT COLORED, COMBINED MONOFILAMENT GROUPS D. SUBSQUENTLY GATHEREING SAID PLANE OF DIFFERENT COLORED, SPACED APART, ALTERNATING COMBINED MONOFILAMENT GROUPS TO PRODUCE A HOMOGENEOUS MULTICOLORED FILAMENT BUNDLE, AND, E. STRETCHING SAID HOMOGENEOUS FILAMENT BUNDLE.