(under subclass 1) Subject matter wherein a fluid or plastic treatment is applied to the fibers being spun or to the strand being twisted, usually concomitantly with the spinning or twisting operation.
(1) Note. For purposes of this class, the term "coating or impregnating" is construed to include the situation wherein a strand is subjected to an operation wherein it softens or melts to such an extent that it becomes tacky and adheres or fuses to adjacent strand material.
(2) Note. The following Search Class references are directed to fluid treatment of textile strands involving no twisting.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
7, 32, 286, and 292, for covering or wrapping or twist crimping combined with a coating or impregnation operation.
217, 221, 223, 232+, 241+, 250+, 257, and 258+, for twisted strand structures which are coated or impregnated.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 8, Bleaching and Dyeing: Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers, appropriate subclasses.
19, Textiles: Fiber Preparation,
66+,.
28, Textiles: Manufacturing,
167+, and 178+.
101, Printing,
172,.
118, Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses, and see Treatment of Textiles or Leather of the class definition for the line between Class 118 and the textile classes.
