Patent ID: 7406818

Claim:
A yarn manufacturing apparatus, comprising: a) a false-twist assembly, comprising: i) a body member having a first end, an opposed second end, and a central longitudinal axis, the body member defining a plurality of bores extending parallel to the central longitudinal axis therebetween the first and second ends, each bore being spaced from the central longitudinal axis; and ii) a driver constructed and arranged to rotate the body member in an oscillating motion so as to impart a false-twist into each yarn being passed into each of at least two bores of the plurality of bores to form a consolidated yarn; b) a first entangling assembly positioned substantially adjacent and downstream of the false twist assembly to tack at least a portion of the consolidated yarn as the consolidated yarn passes therethrough the first entangling assembly, the first entangling assembly being positioned downstream of the second end of the body member; and c) at least one second entangling assembly positioned upstream of the first end of the body member, at least one yarn passing through the second entangling assembly prior to the communication of the at least one yarn to the body member to tack at least a portion of the yarn that passes therethrough the second entangling assembly.