US PATENT SUBCLASS 28 / 263
.~.~.~.~ Stuffer box

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217  DF  THREAD FINISHING {4}
219  DF  .~ Surface modification of running length {5}
247  DF  .~.~ Texturing, e.g., crimping {10}
262  DF  .~.~.~ Axial compression {1}
263.~.~.~.~ Stuffer box {3}
264  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Internal chamber retarder
265  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> With treating {2}
268  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Thread feeding feature {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 28/263

(under subclass 262) Method or apparatus wherein the axial compression is effected by the impingement of the thread against a mass of previously processed thread which is formed into a plug or wad within a thread confining chamber.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

221, for combined diverse thread finishing operations, including stuffer box texturing.

250+, for stuffer box texturing including plug or wad control.

255+, for stuffer box texturing including jet feed to plug.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 8, Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers,

152, for processes of feeding continuously moving warps, open width fabrics or ropes by pleating, plaiting or folding them into a treating liquid receptacle.

26, Textiles: Cloth Finishing,

21, for continuous web fulling machines of the pleating type.

68, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus,

177+, for web or rope pleating in a fixed liquid receptacle.

226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length,

118.1+, for plural material moving means with intermediate storage.