Process for making multicolor multifilament non commingled yarn

• US 5,613,285 A
• Filed: 11/01/1994
• Issued: 03/25/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: BASF Corporation (BASF SE)
• Inventors: Smith, Patrick C., Chester, Roy E., Harrelson, Hugh G. Jr., Whitfield, Jerry M., Potter, George E., Sanford, Carl D., Thompson, Melvin R., Coons, Andrew M. III, King, Willis M., Vickery, Leonard C. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crowder, C. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Worrell, Jr., Larry D.
• Application Number:
  US08/333,158
• Time in Patent Office: 875 Days
• Field of Search: 28/219, 28/220, 28/221, 28/247, 28/258, 28/262, 28/263, 28/264, 28/265, 28/266, 28/267, 28/271, 28/274, 264/73, 264/75, 57/264, 57/289, 57/333
• US Class Current: 28/247
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 1/0213 after drawing the yarn on the same machine
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/22 Yarns or threads characterised by constructional features , e.g. blending, filament/fibre piecing of yarns or threads D01H15/00
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/346 with coloured effects, i.e. by differential dyeing process

Abstract

The process includes the sequential steps of supplying in a separated side-by-side parallel relationship to a yarn drawing apparatus first multifilament feed yarn and second multifilament feed yarn which are differently colored or colorable with respect to each other; drawing the first feed yarn and the second feed yarn in the yarn drawing apparatus while keeping the first feed yarn and the second feed yarn in a relatively parallel relationship and separate from each other; making a bundle from the first drawn feed yarn and the second drawn feed yarn by simultaneously imparting false twist to the drawn first feed yarn and the drawn second feed yarn without commingling the first and second drawn feed yarns; and texturing the bundle without commingling to make a nontwisted, noncommingled singles yarn displaying two distinct unblended colors.

Claims

1. A process comprising the sequential steps of:

(a) supplying in a separated side-by-side parallel relationship to a yarn drawing apparatus first multifilament feed yarn and second multifilament feed yarn which are differently colored or colorable with respect to each other;

(b) drawing the first feed yarn and the second feed yarn in the yarn drawing apparatus while keeping the first feed yarn and the second feed yarn in a relatively parallel relationship and separate from each other;

(c) making a bundle from the first drawn feed yarn and the second drawn feed yarn by simultaneously imparting false twist to the drawn first feed yarn and the drawn second feed yarn without commingling the first and second drawn feed yarns; and

(d) texturing the bundle without commingling to make a nontwisted, noncommingled singles yarn displaying two distinct unblended colors.

2. The process of claim 1 wherein said first and second multifilament feed yarns each have a total denier between 300 and 1300 and a denier per filament between 10 and 30.

3. The process of claim 2 wherein said first and second multifilament feed yarns each have a total denier between 750 and 1100 and a denier per filament between 15 and 25.

4. The process of claim 3 wherein said supplying includes combining together a first set of similar unit yarn to make the first multifilament feed yarn and combining together a second set of similar unit yarn to make an equal amount of the second multifilament feed yarn.

5. The process of claim 4 wherein the first set of unit yarn includes unit yarns which are differently colored or colorable with respect to each other such that the first multifilament feed yarn is a heathered yarn.

6. The process of claim 1 wherein said supply includes passing each feed yarn through a series of guide pins prior to said drawing.

7. The process of claim 1 wherein said drawing includes passing the first and second multifilament feed yarns over heated draw rolls and corresponding separator rolls which separator rolls have at least one grooved path for each multifilament feed yarn thereby keeping the multifilament feed yarns separate during said drawing.

8. The process of claim 7 wherein the grooved paths are rounded.

9. The process of claim 1 wherein said imparting is accomplished in a single fluid texturing jet which supplies fluid to an edge of each multifilament feed yarn thereby causing each yarn to rotate.

10. The process of claim 1 wherein said texturing is by stuffing the bundle into a stuffer box faster than the bundle is removed from the stuffer box and applying heat to set crimp developed by said stuffing.

11. The process of claim 10 wherein the stuffer box is a thermo-pneumatic stuffer box.

12. The process of claim 1 further comprising:

(e) making a second singles yarn by applying steps (a)-(d); and

(f) twisting the second singles yarn with the first singles yarn with tension applied to the first singles yarn and the second singles yarn.

13. The process of claim 12 wherein the tension applied to the first singles yarn is within 50 grams of the tension applied to the second singles yarn.

14. The process of claim 12 further comprising:

(g) applying S or Z twist to the first and second singles yarns prior to said twisting and wherein said twisting results in twist opposite to the twist applied to each singles yarns.

15. A process comprising the sequential steps of:

(a) supplying to a draw roll first multifilament feed yarn having a total denier of 300 to 1300 and a denier per filament of 10 to 30 and second multifilament feed yarn having a total denier of 300 to 1300 and a denier per filament of 10 to 30, which feed yarns are differently colored or colorable with respect to each other, in a separated side-by-side parallel relationship in independent paths through a series of guide pins;

(b) drawing the first feed yarn and the second feed yarn at the draw rolls while keeping the first feed yarn and the second feed yarn in a relatively parallel relationship and separated from each other by passing each feed yarn over grooved separator rolls corresponding to the draw rolls and which have separate groove paths for each yarn;

(c) making a bundle from the first drawn feed yarn and the second drawn feed yarn by simultaneously in a single fluid jet imparting false twist to the drawn first feed yarn and the drawn second feed yarn without commingling the first and second drawn feed yarns; and

(d) texturing the bundle in a thermo-pneumatic stuffer box without commingling filaments between the bundles to make a nontwisted, noncommingled singles yarn.

16. The process of claim 15 further comprising

(e) making a second singles yarn by applying steps (a)-(d);

and

(f) twisting the second singles yarn with the first singles yarn with tension applied to the first singles yarn and the second singles yarn.

17. The process of claim 16 wherein the tension applied to the first singles yarn is within 50 grams of the tension applied to the second singles yarn.

18. The process of claim 16 further comprising

(g) applying S or Z twist to the first and second singles yarns prior to said twisting and wherein said twisting results in twist opposite to the twist applied to the singles yarns.