Patent ID: 7024848

Claim:
A spinning device for spinning a yarn from a sliver of fibers, said device comprising; an eddy chamber housing forming an eddy chamber wherein a fluid flows; a spindle extending into said eddy chamber, said spindle defining an inlet aperture mouth through which said sliver is receivable as said sliver is being spun into said yarn and a yarn guide channel through which said yarn is movable; at least one jet nozzle having an aperture defined therethrough disposed within said eddy chamber housing, said jet nozzle having said aperture that is openable into said eddy chamber and supplying said fluid into said eddy chamber that creates an eddy flow around said inlet aperture mouth of said spindle; a fiber guide element proximal to said inlet aperture mouth of said spindle within said eddy chamber housing, said fiber guide element having a fiber guide surface for conveying said sliver into said eddy chamber towards said inlet aperture mouth of said spindle and a face surface which delimits said eddy chamber; a tunnel cladding disposed around said fiber guide element, said tunnel cladding forming a fiber conveying channel with said fiber guide element wherethrough said fiber guide surface of said fiber guide element extends; and said tunnel cladding extending into said eddy chamber and forming a step within said eddy chamber housing, said step having a deflection guide surface for deflecting fluid emerging from said aperture of said at lest one jet nozzle.