US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 476
.~ Material outer end removed from package


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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

470  DF  HELICAL OR RANDOM WINDING OF MATERIAL {17}
476.~ Material outer end removed from package


DEFINITION

Classification: 242/476

Material outer end removed from package:

(under subclass 470) Subject matter comprising means to accept a helically or randomly wound package for locating and withdrawing a trailing portion of the elongated material wound on the package.

(1) Note. Included in this subclass are apparatus and processes for locating and separating an end portion of material from a package when breakage of the material occurs during winding of the package.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

475.5, for a material end joining apparatus having means to detect the ends.

475.8, for locating and removing the end of a wound package and relocating it on the package.

562, for an unwinding device or process in which the leading

end of material in a package is located and separated from the package.