(under the class definition) Device comprising means to impinge a gas, liquid, or other fluent substance to move the material*.
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7, for a process of using fluid current to move material*.
95, for pneumatic pressure means to make the material* adhere to the material*-advancer.
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28, Textiles: Manufacturing,
271+, for a method or apparatus of thread surface texturing (e.g., crimping, etc.) by using a fluid jet.
34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids, 640+, for a fluid support or guide for a running length of a flexible sheet, web*, or strand* of treated material* contacted by gas or vapor circulation apparatus.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,
279+, threading up apparatus or process that may use fluid current to advance the material*.
65, Glass Manufacturing,
182.1+, for a fluid support means for an article or preform.
83, Cutting,
24, for a process of cutting and subsequent product handling by using fluid means, subclasses 98+ a fluid current handling means for product of cutting, or subclass 402 for fluid current means to convey work relative to a tool station.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, for more than a nominal supply or take-up coil structure (e.g., a support for such a coil, a cooperative relationship between a tension or exhaust detector and reel driving or reel stopping means, etc.),
332.3, unwinding and rewinding a machine convertible information carrier (e.g., magnetic tape or photos:graphic film. etc.) including a threading means using pneumatic assistance, or subclasses 615.11+ a residual locus for a material* fluid suspension guide or guard.
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus,
80, for a contact device for a traveling strip. 406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, for apparatus and methods conveying solid material or articles which are guided or supported to travel along a path by means of or with assistance of a fluid current.
