Spinning machine

Claim 1

In a spinning apparatus for producing and reeling synthetic fibers from a melt by spinning means including spinnerets with orifices arranged in at least one row to receive a supply of said melt from a respective pump means, air blowing means located relative to said spinnerets for supplying a flow of air to fibers produced by said spinnerets, said spinning means further including finishing and take-up roller means located vertically below said air blowing means, said apparatus having a longitudinal main axis, the improvement comprising a horizontal supporting stage, apertures in said supporting stage, a plurality of spinning Units supported on said stage in vertical alignment with said apertures, each unit including said spinning means, each spinning unit having a longitudinal vertical axis, said spinning units being arranged in parallel to each other so that each vertical spinning unit axis extends perpendicularly to said longitudinal apparatus main axis, and wherein said finishing and take-up roller means of each spinning unit comprise a plurality of cooperating rollers arranged below said stage substantially adjacent to the respective vertical axis to define a corresponding plurality of vertical paths for the produced fibers, said path extending through said apertures in said stage, said vertical paths also extending substantially in parallel to each other so as to keep the synthetic fibers produced by one spinning unit on a substantially vertical path for its entire length of travel from the spinneret to the take-up roller means and thus out of the vertical path of the synthetic fibers produced by an adjacent parallel spinning unit.