US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 484.2
.~.~ Self traversing (i.e., guide moved by material)

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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

470  DF  HELICAL OR RANDOM WINDING OF MATERIAL {17}
476.7  DF  .~ Distributing material along the package {24}
484.2.~.~ Self traversing (i.e., guide moved by material) {2}
484.3  DF  .~.~.~> Toggling guide bar
484.4  DF  .~.~.~> Follower engaging wound material

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/484.2

Self traversing (i.e., guide moved by material):

(under subclass 476.7) Subject matter in which the material is wound onto the take-up so that convolutions of the material on the spool tend to cause newly laid convolutions to lay next to existing ones and moveable guide means for the material that is repositioned solely by changes in the direction of a pull exerted upon it by the material passing over or though it or by other action of the winding or wound material on it to assist proper laying of the material.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

478.2, for a traverse mechanism that is controlled by a system that detects the tendency of material to deviate from proper distribution on a take-up. The system may detect this tendency by sensing the position of a movable guide that directs the material onto the take-up.

482.4, for a traverse mechanism having a cam-operated guide for laying material on a take-up. The guide may be material-driven and shifted by cooperation with a threaded supporting shaft.