US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 577
.~.~ Individually adjustable segment or spoke

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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

570  DF  COIL HOLDER OR SUPPORT (E.G., SPINDLE, DISPENSER, OR SPOOL) {6}
571  DF  .~ Radially expansible or contractile {8}
577.~.~ Individually adjustable segment or spoke {4}
577.1  DF  .~.~.~> Yieldable
577.2  DF  .~.~.~> Variable spoke alignments
577.3  DF  .~.~.~> Bodily retractable spoke
577.4  DF  .~.~.~> Linearly shiftable winding surface

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/577

Individually adjustable segment or spoke:

(under subclass 571) Subject matter wherein the coil supporting structure includes plural coil bearing portions that collectively define a coil support structure of a given circumference, at least one of which portions is shiftable to vary a circumferential dimension of the support structure.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

472.5, for a take-up on which material is helically and subsequently removed as a wound package, which take-up may have shiftable coil bearing portions for facilitating removal of the package.