US PATENT SUBCLASS 28 / 289
PACKAGING
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 28/289
(under the class definition) Method or apparatus for forming a unit of thread of desired or determinate length portion into an article of commerce in a manner not provided for elsewhere.
(1) Note. Devices for forming units of thread into folds or coils, per se, e.g., plaiters will be found herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
175+, for the formation of a warp sheet into rope-like, continuous package form.
217+, for the finishing of a thread package in general.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation, 157+, for the packaging of silver.
53, Package Making, appropriate subclass for depositing thread, yarn or the like, into a container which will be subsequently removed from the packaging apparatus, and
396+, and 582+ for making a package by encircling the
contents with a cover material in one direction only while leaving the contents exposed on two sides or ends, where there is no thread finishing operation combined with the packaging operation. For a further statement of the line between Class 53 and this class (28) see the (2) Note, section IV in the class definition of Class 53.
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, appropriate subclass for combined spinning and packaging of thread.
65, Glass Manufacturing,
477+, especially subclass 481 for glass fiber or filament making combined with winding.
100, Presses,
5, for binding combined with winding or folding; subclass 40 for pressing methods combined with winding or folding; and subclasses 76+ for pressing apparatus combined with means for winding or folding a sheet, web or stand.
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, appropriate subclass for winding and reeling of thread.
427, Coating Processes,
177+, for a coating process combined with winding, balling, rolling or coiling.
