US PATENT SUBCLASS 156 / 405.1
.~.~ With fabric or tread stock feeding means

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156 /   HD   ADHESIVE BONDING AND MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE

349  DF  SURFACE BONDING MEANS AND/OR ASSEMBLY MEANS THEREFOR {34}
394.1  DF  .~ Tire body building type {14}
405.1.~.~ With fabric or tread stock feeding means {3}
406  DF  .~.~.~> Means selecting stock from multiple source
406.2  DF  .~.~.~> For transporting discrete ring-shaped lamina
406.4  DF  .~.~.~> With cutting, heating, laminating, or shaping means upstream of assembling means {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 156/405.1

With fabric or tread stock feeding means:

(under subclass 394.1) Apparatus which includes specific means for feeding and/or controlling the feed of fabric or tread material from a supply to the assembly station.

(1) Note. To be included here, the patent must include more than a nominal recitation of a fabric source.

(2) Note. Where the claims do not include a laminating means or an assembly means for laminating, e.g., a tire-building drum, etc.., the patent is not properly classified in this class (156). See the notes to the materials-handling classes below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

395, for feeding means which include means delaminating a protective lamina from the fabric or tread fed to the assembly means.

397, for means feeding strands or narrow tapes to a tire assembly station.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

112, Sewing, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for assembling and sewing together tire plies when no laminating elements are provided for. 193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, appropriate subclasses for means for keeping a gravity-fed material on a given path of travel.

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses for a driven conveyor made up of several elements and generally mounted on a common frame.

212, Traversing Hoists, appropriate subclasses for apparatus for lifting a load and shifting it laterally.

226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate subclasses for web-feeding devices in general, which do not depend upon the leading or trailing edges of the web for their function.

242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,

563+, and 564+ for means to control unwinding and drive means to cause unwinding, respectively, in general use.

271, Sheet Feeding or and Delivering, appropriate subclasses for sheet conveying, per se, and in combination with certain other operations.

294, Handing: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, appropriate subclasses for devices combined with handles, terminal elements, or attachments peculiarly adapted for engaging supporting articles or materials for handling or manipulating purposes.

414, Material or Article Handling, appropriate subclasses for material or article handling apparatus not elsewhere provided for.