(under subclass 416) Subject matter wherein the apparatus includes a mechanism to create a low inertia surplus of material available during short intervals of above normal demand to avoid excessive stress in the material.
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331+, for an intermediate storage device for an information-bearing carrier.
552, and 554+, for an intermediate storage device that may be created as a temporary material source to compensate for irregular supply rates accompanying a change of supply.
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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.);
97.2, for fluid current material moving means and means to store a web; subclasses 104+ for festooning apparatus; or subclasses 118.1+ for intermediate storage means between
