Patent ID: 7325284

Claim:
A texturizing apparatus, comprising: a drive housing, comprising: a false twist inlet to allow a plurality of yarns to enter the drive housing; a pair of opposing counter-rotating nip rollers positioned downstream of the false twist inlet, the pair of opposing counter-rotating nip rollers including a first nip roller and a second nip roller, each nip roller having a circumferential drive surface adapted to engage the plurality of yarns and at least one circumferential spacer surface, wherein the at least one circumferential spacer surfaces of the pair of nip rollers are constructed and arranged to contact with each other such that the circumferential drive surfaces of the pair of nip rollers are spaced a predetermined distance apart; a means for applying compression to the second nip roller to force the at least one circumferential spacer surfaces of the pair of nip rollers toward each other; and a drive outlet positioned downstream of the pair of counter-rotating nip rollers through which the plurality of yarns may exit the drive housing.