Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
226
ADVANCING MATERIAL OF INDETERMINATE LENGTH

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> ADVANCING MATERIAL OF INDETERMINATE LENGTH
1		PROCESSES
2		. Involving registration of material
3		. . Involving lateral registration
4		. Involving plural feeding means
5		. Involving stripping from conveyer
6		. By engaging material modifications
7		. By fluid current
8		. Intermittently or interruptedly
9		CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INDICIA CARRIED BY AUXILIARY RECORD (E.G., TAPE OR CARD)
10		WITH MATERIAL-RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS
11		. Responsive to break or depletion
12		. For threading device
13		. For flywheel
14		. For festooner
15		. To position material laterally
16		. . With control of longitudinal movement
17		. . By roller pair engaging web margin
18		. . By shiftable material support
19		. . . Laterally movable support
20		. . . . Responsive to photocell detection
21		. . . Pivotally mounted roller
22		. . . . Responsive to pneumatic detection
23		. . . . Responsive to material-contacting element
24		. To regulate longitudinal movement of material
25		. . Responsive to overload
26		. . Responsive to weight of accumulation
27		. . Registration
28		. . . Of continuously moving material
29		. . . . By means to vary speed of material momentarily
30		. . . . . By means to vary speed of feed roll
31		. . . . . . By ancillary power source
32		. . . By means to change feeding movement of intermittent feed stroke
33		. . . By means to discontinue movement of material
34		. . By means to vary engagement of feed means with material
35		. . . Feed means moved out of engaging position
36		. . By ancillary feed means
37		. . By disconnectable connection in drive train
38		. . By means to retard material movement
39		. . . By material contact
40		. . By variable-ratio transmission
41		. . . Coaxially shiftable pulley cones
42		. . By variable speed power source
43		. . . To stop and/or start movement of material
44		. . Responsive to dancer detector
45		. Detector means
46		WITH INTERLOCK MEANS
47		. And means to initiate operation of part
48		WITH RANDOMLY ACTUATED STOPPING MEANS
49		SELECTIVELY REVERSIBLE MATERIAL MOVER
50		. By optional moving means
51		. By optional drive trains
52		MEANS TO ENGAGE LONGITUDINALLY SPACED MODIFICATIONS IN MATERIAL
53		. Such means produces the modifications
54		. Alternately selectable prongs
55		. Prong operable intermittently to prevent longitudinal material movement (e.g., registration pins)
56		. . With means to disable restraining operation of prong
57		. . With positive actuator to project and to retract prong
58		. . With resilient means to urge prong toward material
59		. With additional means to restrict material movement
60		. . Fluctuation damping means
61		. . . By flywheel
62		. Reciprocating or oscillating claw or finger
63		. . Serial sequentially operated claws
64		. . With means to change path or extent of claw movement
65		. . . Range changer
66		. . . . To stop material movement
67		. . On longitudinally reciprocated carrier
68		. . . Claw pivotable on carrier
69		. . On two rotated carriers
70		. . On carrier pivoted about a fixed axis
71		. . . Claw pivotable on carrier
72		. . . Claw radially slidable on carrier
73		. . Claw slides on and pivots about fixed stud
74		. Pins on flexible belt or chain
75		. . With means to effect supplementary pin movement
76		. Rotating sprocket (e.g., pin-wheel)
77		. . For concatenated material
78		. . Circumferentially opposite pins engage looped material
79		. . With laterally adjustable sprocket(s)
80		. . With means to disengage material from prong(s)
81		. . . By supplementary movement of prong(s)
82		. . With means to retain material on prong(s)
83		. . . Retainer and sprocket relatively displaceable
84		. . . . Roller retainer
85		. . . Roller retainer
86		. . With additional means to support material
87		. Including detail of prong shape or construction
88		WITH MEANS TO TEMPORARILY DEFORM MATERIAL LATERALLY (E.G., FOR STIFFENING)
89		SHIFTABLE PART ALLOWING HAND LOADING
90		. With shiftable roller
91		THREADING DEVICE
92		. With means to pull lead-end
93		WITH ADHERENCE OR ATTRACTION OF MATERIAL TO ADVANCING MEANS
94		. By electrostatic force
95		. By pneumatic pressure
96		. By adhesive nature of material
97.1		BY FLUID CURRENT
97.2		. And web storage
97.3		. Floating web
97.4		. Vacuum jet for strand
100		WITH ALARM, SIGNAL, OR INDICATOR
101		CONVERTIBLE
102		COMBINED
104		BY FESTOONER
105		. With means to shift girt with respect to festoon and conveyer
106		. With means to hold material on girt
107		. With means to feed girt to conveyer
108		PLURAL MATERIAL-MOVING MEANS
109		. With plural paths for material
110		. . Alternately usable
111		. With means to independently vary mover speed
112		. Continuous feed from serial sequentially operated feeders
113		. With bight former
114		. . With pivotal former-support
115		. With intermittent material-mover
116		. . Including auxiliary material-mover for starting
117		. . And continuous material-mover
118.1		. And intermediate storage
118.2		. . In a loop having a displaceable support
118.3		. . . Where support is upheld by the material (e.g., dancer roller, etc.)
118.4		. . In a container
118.5		. . . Having conveying means within
120		BY INTERMITTENT (INTERRUPTED) MATERIAL-MOVER
121		. Stored material-movement-derived energy provides moving force
122		. With means varying the material speed during movement
123		. Cyclical unequal movements
124		. Comprising constantly rotated roll on reciprocating or oscillating carrier
125		. Including material abutment
126		. . Movable with material
127		. Manual material-mover (e.g., dispenser)
128		. . With means to clamp material during dwell
129		. . With means to limit increment of advance
130		. . . With means to disable operation of limit means
131		. . . . Time-controlled
132		. . . Plural selectable limit means
133		. . . With means to adjust limit means
134		. Unicyclic mover
135		. . Plural means to select increments of advance
136		. . With means to adjust increment
137		. Adjustable feeder
138		. . Operative-controlled, machine-powered adjustment
139		. . Adjustable feed increment
140		. . . By means to vary material-engagement of recessed roll
141		. . . By means to change length of feeder travel
142		. . . . Comprising variable-throw crank
143		. With means to effect feed and retrograde movement
144		. With overtravel preventer
145		. . Intermittently acting
146		. . And retrograde movement preventer
147		. With retrograde movement preventer
148		. . Unidirectionally rotating roll
149		. . Positively actuated to grip
150		. . . By hydraulic or electrical means
151		. . Yieldingly biased
152		. Comprising material-moving roll
153		. . Recessed roll
154		. . With means to disengage roll from material
155		. . . Continuously rotating roll
156		. . Unidirectional
157		. . . Ratcheted roll
158		. Comprising reciprocating or oscillating material-mover
159		. . With means to retard movement of advancer carrier
160		. . On pivoted carrier
161		. . With means to disable material-mover
162		. . With means to move grip element into material engagement
163		. . . Comprising link positively connected to element
164		. . . . Which link effects material-advancing movement
165		. . . Comprising camlike surface
166		. . . . Which surface effects material-advancing movement
167		. . With spring-biased grip element
168		BY ORBITALLY TRAVELING MATERIAL-ENGAGING SURFACE(S)
169		. With start-facilitating means
170		. On endless belt or chain
171		. . With cooperating surface
172		. . . Comprising endless belt or chain
173		. . With gripper(s) mounted thereon
174		. With control or adjustment means
175		. . To vary diameter of roll
176		. . To vary bite of contacting pinch members
177		. . . Infinitesimally variable
178		. . To vary speed of material-advancer
179		. . For shifting roll(s) axially
180		. . For shifting roll(s) angularly
181		. Comprising rotary pinch pair
182		. . Including radial material-engaging surface
183		. . Including means to ensure arcuate engagement
184		. . Tapered roll or bite
185		. . Including equal-diameter coaxial rolls
186		. . Yieldable bite
187		. . . Roll axis resiliently urged
188		. With drive means
189		. Plural spaced apart rolls (e.g., guide rolls)
190		. Including details of roll or mount
191		. . Roll surface radially movable
192		. . . And axially movable (e.g., centering rolls)
193		. . Irregular friction surface (e.g., roughened)
194		. . Bearing or support
195		WITH MEANS TO RETARD MATERIAL MOVEMENT (E.G., "TENSIONER")
196.1		PASSIVE GUIDE
200		MISCELLANEOUS

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