.~ Dwell caused by imposing reverse motion on portion of flexible moving work
DEFINITION
Classification: 83/235
(under subclass 202) Device wherein means is provided to bring a portion of the work adjacent a tool station alternately to a halt and to a condition of forward motion by imparting to that portion of the work a succession of alternate backward and forward movements while the remainder of the work is undergoing continuous forward movement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
236, for uninterrupted advance of work from supply source.
259+, for a device wherein constantly moving feed elements (e.g., rotating feed rolls) are not always in effective engagement with work.
262, for a device wherein work dwell is effected by clamping or blocking the movement of a portion of the work without any provision being made for halting the movement of other portions thereof.