(under subclass 548) Subject matter wherein the guide acts to vary placement of the elongated material in a direction substantially parallel to the coiling axis as the material is coiled.
(1) Note. Variation of material placement proper for this subclass occurs continuously or at predetermined intervals during the winding of a single coil, and not solely for realignment, accommodation for various width materials, or stepping a guide between multiple winding stations.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
157.1, 241+, and 476.7+, for a device for distributing material as it is wound onto a take-up.
241, and 273, for strand distribution in a fishing reel by shifting either a guide or the take-up.
397.2+, for a shiftable guide in a reel of general use.
441+, and 447+, for article winding apparatus having means to distribute the material onto a receiving core.. 542.4, for drive roller structure that may affect the material placement.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
74, Machine Element or Mechanism,
22+, for motion transfer structure in generalized combinations and as a subcombination.
