Maurice Vaughn Todd

US Patent:

60323418, Mar 7, 2000

Filed:

Oct 24, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/956408

Inventors:

Terry Robin Cain - Greenwood DE
Dennis Leslie Frost - Newark DE
Melvin Harry Johnson - Chadds Ford PA
Maurice Cornelius Todd - Chadds Ford PA

Assignee:

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

D02G 112
D02G 116

US Classification:

28274

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to: a non-interlacing expirating yarn bulker comprising a body having an enclosed yarn passage extending therethrough. The yarn passage includes an inlet region, a throat region and an expanding region. A single pressurized fluid channel extends through the body and intersects with the yarn passage in the throat region. Cross sectional areas at certain defined locations in the yarn passage exhibit predetermined relationships. In addition, the inlet region and the pressurized fluid channel both are symmetrical about a common reference plane of symmetry; a replaceable wear member insertable into a body of a jet having a yarn passage with an inlet region and a throat region. The wear member has an upstream face, a downstream face, and a channel extending therebetween. The intersection of the channel and the downstream face of the member defines a wear edge.