US PATENT SUBCLASS 318 / 576
.~.~.~ Nonmechanical line, seam or edge followers

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560  DF  POSITIONAL SERVO SYSTEMS (E.G., SERVOMECHANISMS) {23}
567  DF  .~ Program- or pattern-controlled systems {3}
575  DF  .~.~ Multiple axes analog systems {3}
576.~.~.~ Nonmechanical line, seam or edge followers {1}
577  DF  .~.~.~.~> Optical or photoelectric line followers

DEFINITION

Classification: 318/576

(under subclass 575) Subject matter in which the pattern to be followed is provided by a line, seam, or edge and the pattern follower is non-mechanical.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

162, for open-loop analog pattern controls.

653, for servo systems in which the position measuring instrument is a magnetic transducer.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

219, Electric Heating,

124.01+, for systems which automatically position a welding machine over a seam. 409, Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planning,

290+, for a planning machine controlled by a line follower.