.~.~ Absence or loss of tension (e.g., breakage or misalignment)
DEFINITION
Classification: 200/61.18
(under subclass 61.13) Circuit controllers in which the actuation is in response to slack or reduction in tautness, breakage, runout or failure to travel along the intended path of the material being fed.
(1) Note. For textile machines including fiber preparation apparatus which have an electrical switch controlled by the slack, breakage, runout or failure to properly track of a thread or strand, search the following classes listed below:
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
19, Textile: Fiber Preparation,
165,.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing, 187,.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,
81,.
66, Textiles: Knitting,
161, and 163.
139, Textiles: Weaving,
353+,.
340, Communications: Electrical,
668, for electrical automatic tension responsive indicating systems.