Loading device for false-twist apparatus

In combination with a false-twist apparatus including:

• a support defining at least three generally parallel and radially spaced axes surrounding a central axially extending twisting region;
• respective shafts lying on said axes and journaled in said support for rotation about the respective axes;
• respective axially staggered sets of axially spaced disks fixed on said shafts, said disks having rims radially overlapping at said twisting region;
• and
• a pair of yarn eyes axially flanking said disks and axially aligned with said twisting region, whereby a yarn to be false-twisted can pass axially through one of said eyes, then zig zag along said region in contact with said disks, and then axially through the other eye;
• the improvement comprising:
• drive means connected to all of said shafts for permanently connecting same together for joint rotation, whereby a yarn passing through said eyes and said region is false-twisted by the rotating disks;
• a holder displaceable in a substantially straight line generally perpendicular to said region toward and away from said region;
• and
• a loading arm carried on and jointly displaceable with said holder and having a yarn-pushing tip turned toward said region and engageable between said disks, said tip being displaceable with said arm between an outer position spaced from said disks and an inner position with said tip and a yarn engaged thereover in said region and axially between said disks.