US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 577.2
.~.~.~ Variable spoke alignments

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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  DF  .~.~ Individually adjustable segment or spoke {4}
577.2.~.~.~ Variable spoke alignments

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/577.2

Variable spoke alignments:

(under subclass 577) Subject matter wherein the plural coil bearing portions are spaced apart and formed as elongated outwardly projecting elements for collectively supporting coiled material at an appreciable distance from the winding axis, at least one of the portions being circumferentially shiftable about the coil axis toward another of the portions to decrease a circumferential dimension of the support structure.