(under the class definition) Apparatus provided with means that will sense a condition or change of condition; and will then effect the operation of some other device or portion thereof.
(1) Note. An example is where the operation of the machine or a portion thereof is governed by strand or fabric tension.
(2) Note. Subclasses 14+ for pattern mechanism control.
(3) Note. Subclasses 18+ for automatic control of starting or stopping.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
226, Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length,
10, for devices that sense and control accordingly the movement of material of indeterminate-length.
