US PATENT SUBCLASS 26 / 71
EXPANDING DEVICE FOR TEXTILE WEBS

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26 /   HD   TEXTILES: CLOTH FINISHING

71EXPANDING DEVICE FOR TEXTILE WEBS {6}
72  DF  .~> Biaxial expansion {1}
74  DF  .~> Web-condition-responsive operation control {1}
80  DF  .~> Tubular-fabric-enclosed spreader {3}
86  DF  .~> Overfeed arrangement; or rotary pinner for traveling pin spreader set
87  DF  .~> Spreader {2}
106  DF  .~> Including heater or dryer

DEFINITION

Classification: 26/71

(under the class definition) Structure for expanding a running web of cloth; i.e., to increase a dimension thereof or to apply tension thereto to inhibit shrinkage or to remove wrinkles, creases or folds.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

51+, for apparatus for performing diverse operations on running length increments of a cloth web including a cloth expanding operation (note, moreover, the superior subclasses of this class (26) for apparatus for respective specified operations in which cloth expanding structure may also be provided).

69, for a device for imparting an ornamental stretch to a localized zone only of running length web increments.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

69, Leather Manufactures,

1.5, for a belt stretching machine, and in which running strip increments are stretched. 83, Cutting,

18, for the method, and subclass 175 for apparatus for cutting and stretching work.

139, Textiles: Weaving,

291+, for fabric manipulating structure for a textile weaving machine, which manipulation may include expanding the cloth.

140, Wireworking,

108, for a device for stretching wire cloth.

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

494+, for a stretching device combined with laminating apparatus.

264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,

288.4+, for the method of stretching a running length of plastic; e.g., subclass for 290.2 the biaxial stretching thereof.

427, Coating Processes, 171+, for a method of coating which includes the expanding (e.g., the stretching, spreading or tensioning against shrinkage) of a running length web of cloth.