US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 473.8
.~.~.~ Including additional material manipulation

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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

470  DF  HELICAL OR RANDOM WINDING OF MATERIAL {17}
473.4  DF  .~ Including wound package or empty spool handling {2}
473.5  DF  .~.~ Removing wound package from or loading empty spool onto a winding station {3}
473.8.~.~.~ Including additional material manipulation

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/473.8

Including additional material manipulation:

(under subclass 473.5) Subject matter wherein the transfer mechanism includes means used to engage and act upon the elongated material to facilitate the transfer of either the wound package or empty spool.

(1) Note. Typically, the material manipulation involves grasping, cutting and positioning a strand for subsequent winding.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,

269, for loading or unloading spools or packages in a spinning frame by use of a carriage that also includes means to manipulate the material.