Patent ID: 6385827
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: D02G

Abstract:
A method for texturing yarns, comprising:a. moving the yarns through an interior of a stuffer box, the stuffer box having an inlet through which the yarns enter the interior and an outlet through which the yarns exit the interior, the outlet having an opening size partially defined by at least one movable flapper door; b. stopping the moving yarns so that some of the yarns remain within the interior of the stuffer box; c. increasing the opening size of the outlet of the stuffer box by moving at least one flapper door; and d. injecting a fluid through a portion of the interior of the stuffer box, the fluid entraining some of the yarns remaining within the interior of the stuffer box to move at least a portion of the yarns out of the interior of the stuffer box.