(under the class definition) Device provided with mechanism effective to advance a workpiece* relative to a tool station with continuous or intermittent motion and means for changing the rate of advance or length of workpiece fed from one tool cycle to another.
(1) Note. A patent will be placed in an appropriate preceding subclass if it includes claimed specific tool-selection mechanism or input means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
83, Cutting,
241+, for means to vary work feed increment in a cutting machine.
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, 139+, for a means to vary feed increments of an advancing web.
