(under the class definition) Apparatus wherein a work sensing means is provided which is contacted and moved by work moving therepast and wherein any movement imparted to the sensing means is transmitted directly to and causes the movement of some other element of the apparatus.
(1) Note. Examples of subject matter to be found herein are valves having depending fingers rigidly connected thereto which are contacted by the work and which unseat the valve, means sensing the diameter of a wound package which controls the path taken by work being wound across a coating applying means, etc.
