(under subclass 140) Device comprising passive means which is operative to define or limit the path of movement (i.e., to direct, wholly or partially, the course) of moving work, or to orient such work relative to its path of movement.
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99+, for means to guide moving work in combination with means to move the work.
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83, Cutting,
438+, for a device to guide moving work at a cutting station.
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, appropriate subclasses for a material guide of general utility. 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 with a material feeder.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
615+, for a residual guide or guard that directs elongated flexible material that may be combined with more than nominal winding structure.
