US3889327A - Method for interlacing strands of a textile yarn - Google Patents

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US3889327A
US3889327A US363561A US36356173A US3889327A US 3889327 A US3889327 A US 3889327A US 363561 A US363561 A US 363561A US 36356173 A US36356173 A US 36356173A US 3889327 A US3889327 A US 3889327A
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Silvio Sangalli
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
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  • the interlacing method including an interlacing cham- [58] Field of Search 28/1.4, 72.12; 57/34 B, her having at least one element movably disposed in 57/157 F; 239/101, 99 the interlacing chamber and movable by the fluid current to deflect the fluid current to vary the direction [56] References Cited and flow of the fluid current.
  • the present invention pertains to interlacing textile yarns and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for interlacing the strands of a textile yarn with a fluid current.
  • a yarn having interlaced strands or an interlaced yarn is formed of continuous multifilaments, the elementary filaments being interlaced or tangled in a disordered fashion forming pseudoknots" in order to produce a yarn having an approximately zero overall twist.
  • Conventional yarn interlacing methods subject the yarn moving under slight tension between two yarn guides in an interlacing zone to the action of a fluid current, normally a jet of compressed air; and, in practice, the jet of compressed air is directed in a plane substantially transverse to the advancing direction of the yarn.
  • a fluid current normally a jet of compressed air
  • Another prior art method of interlacing yarn contemplates simultaneously subjecting the yarn to the action of at least a pair of primary fluid jets and at least one secondary fluid jet acting on the yarn in a direction opposite that of the primary fluid jets and in a zone disposed between the points of impact of the primary fluid jets on the yarn.
  • All of the above described methods for interlacing yarn known in the prior art include the step of subjecting the yarn to the action of fluid current having a constant or stationary direction and generally a constant output or flow and, while the above described processes are operative to interlace strands of the yarn, such interlacing is not asconsistent or as easily obtained as is desirable.
  • Another object of the present invention is to interlace strands of a yarn by subjecting the yarn to a fluid jet or current with the direction and/or flow of the fluid jet variable in time.
  • a further object of the present invention is to disorder or disrupt a fluid current for treating a yarn in an interlacing zone by deflecting the fluid current or varying the flow output of the fluid current or simultaneously deflecting and varying the flow current.
  • the present invention has an additional object in apparatus for interlacing strands of a textile yarn includ ing mechanical elements, such as one or more movable objects, presenting obstacles to a fluid current prior to its reaching the yarn such that the elements act on the fluid current to vary both the output flow and the direction of the current to create fluid currents which are constantly, randomly variable.
  • mechanical elements such as one or more movable objects
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to simultaneously subject a yarn to the action of a plurality of disrupted fluid currents, the original direction of the fluid currents prior to deflection having any desired relation to the direction of movement of the yarn either oblique or perpendicular and the nozzles forming the fluid currents being disposed in the same plane or distributed at different levels along the path of movement of the yarn.
  • a further object of the present invention isto provide apparatus for interlacing yarn including a housing defining an interlacing chamber for passage of the yarn therethrough, at least one inlet nozzle for supplying a stable fluid current to the interlacing chamber and means for disturbing or disordering the fluid current to vary the impact on the yarn.
  • An additional object of the present invention is to interlace yarn utilizing apparatus including a housing defining a cylindrical interlacing chamber for passage of the yarn, at least one nozzle disposed in non-radial relation to the axis of the housing for introducing a fluid current in the interlacing chamber, and at least one mechanical element movably disposed within the interlacing chamber and movable to deflect the fluid current.
  • the yarn preferably passes axially through the cylindrical interlacing chamber, and the mechanical elements are preferably solids of a simple shape, advantageously balls or spheres, freely disposed within the interlacing chamber for movement and rotation by the fluid current.
  • the present invention has another object in that apparatus for interlacing yarn includes a cylindrical housing with a coaxial conduit therein provided with ports for introducing a fluid current, the annular space between the coaxial conduit and the housing containing movable balls to mechanically vary the fluid current.
  • the present invention is generally characterized in a method for interlacing strands of a textile yarn including the steps of moving the yarn under tension through an interlacing zone; and subjecting the yarn in the interlacing zone to a fluid current varying in direction of impact upon the yarn.
  • the present invention is further characterized in apparatus for interlacing strands of a textile yarn including a housing defining an interlacing chamber for passage of the textile yarn, means for introducing a fluid current into the chamber for treating the yarn, and means for disturbing the fluid current introduced into the interlacing chamber to vary the impact of the fluid current on the yarn.
  • FIG. 1 is a top view in section of apparatus for interlacing yarn according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a top view in section of another embodiment of apparatus for interlacing yarn according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a top view in section of a further embodiment of apparatus for interlacing yarn according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is an elevational view in section of the apparatus of FIG. 3 taken along line 4-4.
  • FIG. 5 is an illustrative diagram of apparatus for measuring the cohesion factor of interlaced yarns obtained by the method and apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Apparatus for interlacing strands of a yarn according to the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 1 and includes a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis 12 coinciding with a path through a cylindrical interlacing chamber 14 in the housing 10 along which yarn moves between a pair of yarn guides, not shown, under slight tension by any suitable means.
  • the housing 10 has end plates 15 covering each end with coaxially aligned inlet and outlet openings 16 therein to permit passage of the yarn through the housing 10.
  • a nozzle 18 is formed in the housing 10 to communicate with interlacing chamber 14 and a conduit 20 adapted to communicate with a source of compressed air such that a stable fluid current issues from nozzle 18 into interlac- 1 ing chamber 14 tangentially in relation to the interlacing chamber.
  • a sperical ball 22 having a diameter equal to substantially half the diameter of interlacing chamber 14 is movably disposed within the interlacing chamber in the housing 10 in such a manner that the ball 22 is movable and rotatable, preferably such movement being limited by the end plates.
  • the fluid current supplied by nozzle 18 is deflected by a sphere or ball 22 to constantly vary or fluctuate the direction of impact of the fluid current on the yarn as well as to vary or fluctuate the flow or output of the fluid current to which the yarn is subjected.
  • FIG..2 Another embodiment of apparatus for interlacing strands of a textile yarn according to the present invention is illustrated in FIG..2 and differs from the apparatus of FIG. 1 primarily only in that the housing 10 has three equally spaced nozzles 18 therein receiving compressed air from three conduits 20, respectively, to supply three fluid current tangentially to the interlacing chamber 14 and four spherical balls 22 are movably and rotatably disposed in the interlacing chamber 14 such that the fluid currents issuing from nozzles 18 in non-radial relation to the axis 12 are deflected by the balls 22 to disrupt the fluid currents and constantly, randomly vary the direction of impact of the fluid currents on the yarn passing through the interlacing chamber 14 as well as randomly varying the flow of the fluid currents.
  • the operation of the apparatus of FIG. 2 is similar to the operation of the apparatus of FIG. 1 in that fluid currents issuing from nozzles 18 are disturbed by balls 22 which rotate and move such that the yarn is contacted with disordered fluid currents, the movement of the balls 22 being limited by the end plates 15.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 A further embodiment of apparatus for interlacing strands of a textile yarn is illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 and includes a cylindrical housing 24 with a cylindrical wall 26 therein to define an annular space therebetween forming a manifold 28 for a source of compressed air, not shown, via a conduit 30 extending through the wall of housing 24.
  • Cylindrical wall 26 defines an interlacing chamber 32 therein wherein six spherical balls 34 are disposed around a barrel 36 having four equally spaced ports 38 extending therethrough and arranged radially in relation to the path of the yarn through the central longitudinal axis 40 of the apparatus.
  • nozzles 42 Five equally spaced nozzles 42 extend through cylindrical wall 26 to provide tangential communication with the interlacing chamber 32 from the manifold 28, and the axes of conduit 30, nozzles 42 and ports 38 are disposed in the plane of rotation of balls 34.
  • the apparatus is clamped together by a pair of circular flanges 44 and 46 having inlet and outlet apertures 48 and 50 therein, respectively, to permit passage of yarn 52 through the interlacing zone in the apparatus between a pair of yarn guides 54 and 56 under slight tension.
  • the flanges 44 and 46 are locked together by milled screws 58 and 60.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 The operation of the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4 is similar to that described above with respect to FIG. 2 in that compressed air is forced from the manifold 28 through the nozzles 42 to be disrupted by the balls 34 prior to application to the yarn 52 through ports 38.
  • the circular flanges 44 and 46 are spaced to define toroidal channel in interlacing chamber 32 between cylindrical wall 26 and barrel 36 such that the balls 34 are movable by the fluid currents from nozzles 42 to deflect the fluid currents and vary the direction of impact of the fluid currents through ports 38 on the yarn 52 as well as varying the flow of the fluid currents contacting the yarn.
  • Apparatus is diagrammatically illustrated in FIG. 5 for measuring the cohesion factor of interlaced yarn produced in accordance with the method and apparatus of the present invention by the triangle test method.
  • one meter of yarn is vertically arranged and measured under a pretension'of 0.18 g/dtex between two stationary points A and B.
  • a hook grasps the yarn at a point equidistant from points A and B, the hook engaging the middle of the bundle formed by the elementary strands of the interlaced yarn to take only half of the strands.
  • the hook is then subjected to a force perpendicular to a line connecting points A and B, such traction force being 0.27 g/dtex to tend to separate the strands caught in the hook from the strands not caught by the hook.
  • the traction force is exerted by gravity by means of a wire attached at one end of the hook and passing over an idle pulley to receive a weight at its other end corresponding to the traction force to be exerted.
  • the caught strands Under the influence of the traction force exerted on the strands caught in the hook, the caught strands have a tendency to separate from the remaining strands forming a triangle with points A and B; however, due to the holding or cohesion effect caused by the pseudo-knots formed in the interlaced yarn, the base of the triangle corresponds to a straight line segment CD which is less than the distance between points A and B.
  • the cohesion factor is formulated in accordance with the difference between the distances AB and CD. Three measurements are made per sample, and the average of the three values measured is utilized, expressed in centimeters.
  • the interlaced yarn is wound on a device with zero tension and pressures are measured with a pressure gauge.
  • EXAMPLE 1 The apparatus of FIG. 1 was used to treat a polyamide 66/2300 (hex/I36 strands, texturized yarn having tetralobated section.
  • the operating conditions were as follows:
  • EXAMPLE 2 The same yarn as in Example I was treated with the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4 by compressed air. The characteristics of the apparatus were made to vary in regard to the number of balls with a diameter of 9.75
  • the ports 38 replaced by a circuit slit 1 mm wide to provide a passage for compressed air.
  • Cohesion factor This example, thus, shows the influence of the number of balls in the apparatus while other characteristics are fixed and, more particularly, that there is a number of balls providing optimum results and that starting from this value, the cohesion factor diminishes in a fairly regular manner with the number of balls.
  • EXAMPLE 3 The same yarn as in Example I was treated with compressed air using the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4 with Test Number of Number of ports 38 Compressed air Rate of Cohesion No. balls and diameter in mm pressure Kg/cm passage factor m/min EXAMPLE 5 There was treated with compressed air a yarn of polyamide 66/2300 dtex/l36 strands, non-texturized, with the apparatus of FIGS. 3 and 4 utilizing six balls with a diameter of 9.75 mm and five ports 38 with a diameter of 1.5 mm.
  • the present invention is not limited to the methods and apparatus described in the examples and specification and shown in the drawings, but rather many variations thereof are encompassed by the present invention.
  • the axes of nozzles need not be coplanar and the nozzles can be disposed non-tangentially in relation to the chambers.
  • ports 60 can be pierced non-radially and longitudinally distributed at various levels.
  • the balls can be replaced with equivalent elements such as cylindrical or convex rolls.
  • the present invention is applicable to the interlacing of flat or texturized continuous yarns of all sizes and formed of all aritiflcal, synthetic materials used for making fabrics, unwoven knits, and other textile applications, in particular clothing and furniture.
  • a method for interlacing strands of a textile yarn comprising the steps of:
  • step of impinging the fluctuating fluid current includes constantly varying the direction of impact of the fluid current upon the yarn.
  • a method as recited in claim 2 wherein said step of impinging the fluctuating fluid current includes varying the flow of the fluid current.
  • a method as recited in claim 3 wherein said step of impinging the fluctuating fluid current includes randomly varying the flow and direction of the fluid current.
  • the interlacing zone has a circular wall wherein the yarn advances through a point generally equidistant from said circular wall, wherein the sphere rolls around the circular wall and wherein said constant current is introduced at an angle generally tangential to the circular wall and sphere.

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