Patent ID: 8398389

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing a crimped compound thread, comprising: a spinning device, a cooling device, and a drawing device, for producing a plurality of multifilament individual threads; a crimping device whereby the individual threads are combined into a compound thread; and a plurality of whirl-tangling units comprising a first and a second whirl tangling unit disposed upstream of the crimping device, for separately subjecting the individual threads to whirl-tangling disposed in succession in a path of advance of the individual threads, wherein for multiple whirl-tangling of at least one of the individual threads, the first whirl-tangling unit is disposed upstream of the drawing device, wherewith said first whirl-tangling unit has a respective whirl-tangling nozzle for each of the individual threads, and wherein the second whirl-tangling unit is disposed downstream of the drawing device, wherewith said second whirl-tangling unit has a respective whirl-tangling nozzle for each of the individual threads.