Apparatus for imparting virtual twist to strand material and method of imparting same
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Jul 7, 1998
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Apr 21, 1997
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Apr 21, 1997
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An apparatus and method for imparting a virtual twist to strand material is provided. The apparatus preferably has a textile strand supply source for supplying a plurality of strands of textile strand material and a virtual twister positioned downstream from the strand supply source for virtually twisting the plurality of strands supplied from the strand supply source so as to impart cohesiveness among the plurality of strands. The virtual twister preferably has a strand guide positioned to guide the plurality of strands downstream and includes a strand twist position and a strand release position. The virtual twister also preferably has a strand guide drive connected to the strand guide for rotatingly driving the strand guide in only one direction so as to impart a twist to the plurality of strands when the strand guide is in the twist position and so as to release the twist of the plurality of strands when the strand guide is in the release position to thereby impart a virtual twist to the plurality of strands of textile strand material.
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