(under subclass 270) Devices designed to guide, position or otherwise handle the thread before or after the seam or chain has been made but prior to cutting the seam or chain.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, may include a nominal recitation of a supply or take-up coil (e.g., less than a support for such a coil or a cooperative relationship between a tension or exhaust detector and reel driving or reel stopping means, etc.),
196.1, for a passive guide combined with a material feeder.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
157+, for a residual guide that directs a strand* or subclass 566 for an unwinding apparatus having a particular guide or guard.
