US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 558
.~ With supply coil replenishment


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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

550  DF  UNWINDING {8}
558.~ With supply coil replenishment {3}
559  DF  .~.~> Supply coil transfer apparatus {3}
560  DF  .~.~> Reserve coil storage {2}
561  DF  .~.~> Static ramp or track


DEFINITION

Classification: 242/558

With supply coil replenishment:

(under subclass 550) Subject matter wherein the uncoiling mechanism includes as a component, a replenishing device facilitating continued uncoiling by either, (a) withdrawing a used supply spool from the support station, or (b) providing a replacement coil to the support station.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

474+, for replenishing a core in a strand winding machine.

596+, 597+, and 598+, for details of the various classes of coil holders that may include structure for simply releasing or dropping a used spool.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

211, Supports: Racks,

1.52+, for means to transfer articles from a generalized support or rack. 414, Material or Article Handling,

911, for details of material handling apparatus that may be appropriate to a core and coil loading.