US PATENT SUBCLASS 26 / 88
.~.~ Acting on fabric edge only

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26 /   HD   TEXTILES: CLOTH FINISHING

71  DF  EXPANDING DEVICE FOR TEXTILE WEBS {6}
87  DF  .~ Spreader {2}
88.~.~ Acting on fabric edge only {3}
89  DF  .~.~.~> Edge-retaining traveler set (i.e., tenter) {5}
97  DF  .~.~.~> Roller spreader
98  DF  .~.~.~> Edge straightener; e.g., uncurler

DEFINITION

Classification: 26/88

(under subclass 87) Spreader positioned and dimensioned to act upon edge increments only of the running length of the fabric web; usually, a spaced pair of spreader elements, one for each edge.

(1) Note. The terms "edge" and "selvage" are used interchangeably and are completely synonymous with one another.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

18.6, for the shrinking of a cloth web of warp and weft construction including advancing it through the apparatus in a direction opposite to that which would cause spreading. Where the invention is to apparatus selectively to perform one or the other operation, the original will be found in that subclass (18.6) and a cross only in the instant subclass (88).

87, the parent subclass for spreader structure positioned and dimensioned to act upon the cloth web increments inward of the selvages.