the baffle plate 14 diverts the gas stream and forces the gas through the slot 11 toward the base of nozzles 6 the nozzles 4 and 6 protrude through gas cover plate 15 through tight fitting holes 16 arranged in the same pattern as the nozzle mounts in spinnerette body plates 5 and 7 the gas cover plate family further consists of spacer plate 18 which forms a second gas cavity 19 between plate 15 and 20 the complete path of the gas is now from inlet pipe 12 into the gas supply cavity 13 through inlet slot 11 into gas cavity 19 the gas then flows through gas holes 17 of plate 15 into the gas cavity 19 and then around the nozzles 6 through holes 21 in which nozzles 6 are centered the high velocity gas out of holes 21 accelerate and attenuate the exiting polymer melt to form fine fibers fig2 a and b show the bottom view of plates 15 and 20 respectively fig3 shows a bottom view of plate 20 wherein the inner nozzles 4 are shaped in a half circle to produce a side by side bi component fiber the following examples are included for the purpose of illustrating the invention and it is understood that the scope of the invention is not to be limited thereby a 5 u2033 long spinnerette was used of the type shown in fig1 the.