US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 397
.~ With particular guide or guard


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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

370  DF  REELING DEVICE {11}
397.~ With particular guide or guard {3}
397.1  DF  .~.~> Guide boom or tube
397.2  DF  .~.~> Shiftably mounted guide (e.g., material distributor) {2}
397.5  DF  .~.~> Rotary guide


DEFINITION

Classification: 242/397

With particular guide or guard:

(under subclass 370) Subject matter wherein the reeling device includes a means for directing, confining, or moving the elongated material along a desired path to or from the spool.

(1) Note. A guide directs the elongated material by normally maintaining continued contact or influence (e.g., magnetic or fluid reaction) on the elongated material while a guard may limit movement of errant material without normally contacting the material.

(2) Note. A guide designed to provide significant resistance to material movement is treated as a tensioner or brake.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

157+, for a guide for strand material.

548+, for a guide or guard combined with a winding machine.

566, for a guide or guard combined with an unwinding machine.

615+, for a guide or guard for running material. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force, particularly

389+, for a guide adapted to direct a line of a load hoist or winch.

492, Roll or Rollers, for a guide of general use.