US PATENT SUBCLASS 28 / 291
.~.~ Hank or skein
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 28/291
(under subclass 290) Method or apparatus wherein the formation of the wound thread unit is effected by looping, winding or wrapping thread of a desired or determinate length portion into a multiplicity of superposed collapsible, coreless, elongate coils or loops in parallel relation to each other and including binding of the resulting unit at, at least one point to retain the elongate coils or loops in position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
287+, for finishing of a hank or skein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,
362, for a process for forming an endless band by a twisting or twining operation only.
206, Special Receptacle or Package, 388, for nonspooled filamentary material (e.g., skein).
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
472.5, for a device for helically winding material to form a coreless bundle of material and subclass 127 for skein holders.