Arrangement for the entanglement of multi-filament threads

An arrangement for the entanglement of multi-filament thread, said arrangement being operable to entangle warp threads travelling from spools on a creel to a warping machine, said arrangement having a jet arm adapted to communicate with a source of compressed air, comprising:

• a plurality of adjacently placed plates, each adjacent pair of said plates having a separating element located between each, said plates being positioned to provide between them a plurality of parallel channels, each of said channels being shaped as an outwardly directed slot having side walls formed by a corresponding adjacent pair of said plates, said slot having a base formed by the separating element corresponding thereto, for each adjacent pair of said plates at least one of them including:
• (a) a reservoir adapted to communicate with said source of compressed air, (b) an airway between said reservoir and said source of compressed air, and (c) a bore in the side wall communicating with said reservoir for acting as a perpendicularly directed air jet, said plates having in said slot upstream and downstream of said air jets at least one thread support for keeping the threads out a predetermined distance from the base of said slot and in the influence of said air jet.