Patent ID: 6543105
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: D01D,D02J

Abstract:
A device for the intermingling, relaxing, and/or thermosetting of filament yarn (50) in a melt spinning process, comprising:a treatment chamber (80, 81), characterized in that the treatment chamber (80, 81), can be filled with a gas under an essentially static overpressure and increased temperature, and includes a feed aperture, an intake aperture (83) and an outlet aperture (84)for the passage of the yam (50), wherein the yarn is permeable under pressure relaxation by the gas, and the feed aperture includes a cross-sectional opening area for feeding the gas into the chamber, and the intake aperture and/or the outlet aperture includes a cross sectional opening area, wherein the feed aperture cross sectional opening area is substantially greater than the outlet aperture cross sectional opening area.