(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.
