Claims
- 1. In a fluid-jet texturizing arrangement in which, during steady state operation, thread is conveyed through a texturizing nozzle at high speed by means of a pressurized texturizing fluid medium, an apparatus for introducing at least one thread into a fluid-jet texturizing nozzle, said fluid-jet texturizing nozzle having an inlet member means of variable cross-section, wherein said inlet member means at its inlet end has a transverse slot formed therein for guiding the thread when extending in a direction substantially normal to the axis of said inlet member means, and wherein said apparatus comprises means for mounting the fluid-jet texturizing nozzle together with the inlet member means for pivotal movement between a threading position and a steady state position, a reduced pressure chamber, and suction means coupled to said texturizing nozzle through said reduced pressure chamber in said threading position such that a reduced pressure, relative to atmospheric pressure, is set up at the inlet member means of the texturizing nozzle, thereby to draw the end of a cut thread in said slot into the nozzle.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 230,355, filed Jan. 30, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,356,604, which is a division of application Ser. No. 25,173 filed Mar. 29, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,280,260.
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Divisions (2)
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