FINISHING OR DRESSING OF FILAMENTS, YARNS, THREADS, CORDS, ROPES OR THE LIKE

**Definition:** This place covers:

Changing the physical characteristics or properties of filaments, yarns, threads, cords, ropes or the like

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Producing crimped or curled fibres, filaments, yarns or threads, giving them latent characteristics -> D02G1/00 - Treatment with liquids, gases or vapours -> D06B - Finishing other than by liquid treatment, of yarns in warp or sheet form -> D06C - Chemical bleaching, dry-cleaning or washing fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics -> D06L - Dyeing or printing textiles -> D06P - Decorating textiles -> D06Q - Treatment during rope-making, apparatus for treating ropes auxiliary to rope-making -> D07B - Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in rope-making machines for softening, lubricating or impregnating ropes or component strands thereof -> D07B7/12

**Glossary:** - Bulking: making the filaments and yarns more voluminous by changing the structure - Slub: a thick lumpy knot along the length of the yarn - Drawing: stretching and elongating the yarns or filaments - Draft: the amount to which the yarn or filament is drawn - Fibre: a relatively-short, elongated member of natural or artificial material - Filament: an endless or quasi-endless, elongated member of natural (e.g. silk) or artificial material - Yarn: a unitary assembly of fibres, usually produced by spinning - Thread: an assembly of yarns or filaments, usually produced by twisting