Class   226	ADVANCING MATERIAL OF INDETERMINATE LENGTH
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PROCESSES

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. (1 indent ) Involving registration of material

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.. (2 indent ) Involving lateral registration

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. (1 indent ) Involving plural feeding means

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. (1 indent ) Involving stripping from conveyer

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. (1 indent ) By engaging material modifications

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. (1 indent ) By fluid current

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. (1 indent ) Intermittently or interruptedly

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CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INDICIA CARRIED BY AUXILIARY RECORD (E.G., TAPE OR CARD)

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WITH MATERIAL-RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Responsive to break or depletion

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. (1 indent ) For threading device

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. (1 indent ) For flywheel

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. (1 indent ) For festooner

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. (1 indent ) To position material laterally

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.. (2 indent ) With control of longitudinal movement

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.. (2 indent ) By roller pair engaging web margin

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.. (2 indent ) By shiftable material support

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... (3 indent ) Laterally movable support

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.... (4 indent ) Responsive to photocell detection

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... (3 indent ) Pivotally mounted roller

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.... (4 indent ) Responsive to pneumatic detection

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.... (4 indent ) Responsive to material-contacting element

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. (1 indent ) To regulate longitudinal movement of material

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to overload

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to weight of accumulation

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.. (2 indent ) Registration

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... (3 indent ) Of continuously moving material

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.... (4 indent ) By means to vary speed of material momentarily

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....• (5 indent ) By means to vary speed of feed roll

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....•. (6 indent ) By ancillary power source

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... (3 indent ) By means to change feeding movement of intermittent feed stroke

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... (3 indent ) By means to discontinue movement of material

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.. (2 indent ) By means to vary engagement of feed means with material

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... (3 indent ) Feed means moved out of engaging position

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.. (2 indent ) By ancillary feed means

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.. (2 indent ) By disconnectable connection in drive train

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.. (2 indent ) By means to retard material movement

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... (3 indent ) By material contact

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.. (2 indent ) By variable-ratio transmission

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... (3 indent ) Coaxially shiftable pulley cones

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.. (2 indent ) By variable speed power source

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... (3 indent ) To stop and/or start movement of material

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to dancer detector

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. (1 indent ) Detector means

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WITH INTERLOCK MEANS

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. (1 indent ) And means to initiate operation of part

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WITH RANDOMLY ACTUATED STOPPING MEANS

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SELECTIVELY REVERSIBLE MATERIAL MOVER

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. (1 indent ) By optional moving means

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. (1 indent ) By optional drive trains

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MEANS TO ENGAGE LONGITUDINALLY SPACED MODIFICATIONS IN MATERIAL

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. (1 indent ) Such means produces the modifications

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. (1 indent ) Alternately selectable prongs

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. (1 indent ) Prong operable intermittently to prevent longitudinal material movement (e.g., registration pins)

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.. (2 indent ) With means to disable restraining operation of prong

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.. (2 indent ) With positive actuator to project and to retract prong

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.. (2 indent ) With resilient means to urge prong toward material

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. (1 indent ) With additional means to restrict material movement

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.. (2 indent ) Fluctuation damping means

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... (3 indent ) By flywheel

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. (1 indent ) Reciprocating or oscillating claw or finger

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.. (2 indent ) Serial sequentially operated claws

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.. (2 indent ) With means to change path or extent of claw movement

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... (3 indent ) Range changer

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.... (4 indent ) To stop material movement

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.. (2 indent ) On longitudinally reciprocated carrier

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... (3 indent ) Claw pivotable on carrier

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.. (2 indent ) On two rotated carriers

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.. (2 indent ) On carrier pivoted about a fixed axis

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... (3 indent ) Claw pivotable on carrier

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... (3 indent ) Claw radially slidable on carrier

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.. (2 indent ) Claw slides on and pivots about fixed stud

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. (1 indent ) Pins on flexible belt or chain

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.. (2 indent ) With means to effect supplementary pin movement

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. (1 indent ) Rotating sprocket (e.g., pin-wheel)

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.. (2 indent ) For concatenated material

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.. (2 indent ) Circumferentially opposite pins engage looped material

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.. (2 indent ) With laterally adjustable sprocket(s)

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.. (2 indent ) With means to disengage material from prong(s)

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... (3 indent ) By supplementary movement of prong(s)

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.. (2 indent ) With means to retain material on prong(s)

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... (3 indent ) Retainer and sprocket relatively displaceable

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.... (4 indent ) Roller retainer

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... (3 indent ) Roller retainer

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.. (2 indent ) With additional means to support material

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. (1 indent ) Including detail of prong shape or construction

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WITH MEANS TO TEMPORARILY DEFORM MATERIAL LATERALLY (E.G., FOR STIFFENING)

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SHIFTABLE PART ALLOWING HAND LOADING

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. (1 indent ) With shiftable roller

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THREADING DEVICE

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. (1 indent ) With means to pull lead-end

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WITH ADHERENCE OR ATTRACTION OF MATERIAL TO ADVANCING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) By electrostatic force

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. (1 indent ) By pneumatic pressure

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. (1 indent ) By adhesive nature of material

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BY FLUID CURRENT

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. (1 indent ) And web storage

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. (1 indent ) Floating web

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. (1 indent ) Vacuum jet for strand

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WITH ALARM, SIGNAL, OR INDICATOR

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CONVERTIBLE

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COMBINED

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BY FESTOONER

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. (1 indent ) With means to shift girt with respect to festoon and conveyer

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. (1 indent ) With means to hold material on girt

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. (1 indent ) With means to feed girt to conveyer

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PLURAL MATERIAL-MOVING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) With plural paths for material

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.. (2 indent ) Alternately usable

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. (1 indent ) With means to independently vary mover speed

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. (1 indent ) Continuous feed from serial sequentially operated feeders

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. (1 indent ) With bight former

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.. (2 indent ) With pivotal former-support

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. (1 indent ) With intermittent material-mover

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.. (2 indent ) Including auxiliary material-mover for starting

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.. (2 indent ) And continuous material-mover

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. (1 indent ) And intermediate storage

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.. (2 indent ) In a loop having a displaceable support

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... (3 indent ) Where support is upheld by the material (e.g., dancer roller, etc.)

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.. (2 indent ) In a container

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... (3 indent ) Having conveying means within

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BY INTERMITTENT (INTERRUPTED) MATERIAL-MOVER

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. (1 indent ) Stored material-movement-derived energy provides moving force

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. (1 indent ) With means varying the material speed during movement

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. (1 indent ) Cyclical unequal movements

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. (1 indent ) Comprising constantly rotated roll on reciprocating or oscillating carrier

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. (1 indent ) Including material abutment

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.. (2 indent ) Movable with material

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. (1 indent ) Manual material-mover (e.g., dispenser)

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.. (2 indent ) With means to clamp material during dwell

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.. (2 indent ) With means to limit increment of advance

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... (3 indent ) With means to disable operation of limit means

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.... (4 indent ) Time-controlled

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... (3 indent ) Plural selectable limit means

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... (3 indent ) With means to adjust limit means

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. (1 indent ) Unicyclic mover

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.. (2 indent ) Plural means to select increments of advance

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.. (2 indent ) With means to adjust increment

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. (1 indent ) Adjustable feeder

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.. (2 indent ) Operative-controlled, machine-powered adjustment

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.. (2 indent ) Adjustable feed increment

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... (3 indent ) By means to vary material-engagement of recessed roll

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... (3 indent ) By means to change length of feeder travel

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.... (4 indent ) Comprising variable-throw crank

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. (1 indent ) With means to effect feed and retrograde movement

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. (1 indent ) With overtravel preventer

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.. (2 indent ) Intermittently acting

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.. (2 indent ) And retrograde movement preventer

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. (1 indent ) With retrograde movement preventer

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.. (2 indent ) Unidirectionally rotating roll

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.. (2 indent ) Positively actuated to grip

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... (3 indent ) By hydraulic or electrical means

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.. (2 indent ) Yieldingly biased

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. (1 indent ) Comprising material-moving roll

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.. (2 indent ) Recessed roll

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.. (2 indent ) With means to disengage roll from material

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... (3 indent ) Continuously rotating roll

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.. (2 indent ) Unidirectional

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... (3 indent ) Ratcheted roll

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. (1 indent ) Comprising reciprocating or oscillating material-mover

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.. (2 indent ) With means to retard movement of advancer carrier

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.. (2 indent ) On pivoted carrier

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.. (2 indent ) With means to disable material-mover

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.. (2 indent ) With means to move grip element into material engagement

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... (3 indent ) Comprising link positively connected to element

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.... (4 indent ) Which link effects material-advancing movement

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... (3 indent ) Comprising camlike surface

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.... (4 indent ) Which surface effects material-advancing movement

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.. (2 indent ) With spring-biased grip element

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BY ORBITALLY TRAVELING MATERIAL-ENGAGING SURFACE(S)

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. (1 indent ) With start-facilitating means

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. (1 indent ) On endless belt or chain

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.. (2 indent ) With cooperating surface

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... (3 indent ) Comprising endless belt or chain

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.. (2 indent ) With gripper(s) mounted thereon

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. (1 indent ) With control or adjustment means

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.. (2 indent ) To vary diameter of roll

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.. (2 indent ) To vary bite of contacting pinch members

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... (3 indent ) Infinitesimally variable

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.. (2 indent ) To vary speed of material-advancer

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.. (2 indent ) For shifting roll(s) axially

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.. (2 indent ) For shifting roll(s) angularly

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. (1 indent ) Comprising rotary pinch pair

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.. (2 indent ) Including radial material-engaging surface

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.. (2 indent ) Including means to ensure arcuate engagement

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.. (2 indent ) Tapered roll or bite

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.. (2 indent ) Including equal-diameter coaxial rolls

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.. (2 indent ) Yieldable bite

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... (3 indent ) Roll axis resiliently urged

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. (1 indent ) With drive means

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. (1 indent ) Plural spaced apart rolls (e.g., guide rolls)

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. (1 indent ) Including details of roll or mount

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.. (2 indent ) Roll surface radially movable

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... (3 indent ) And axially movable (e.g., centering rolls)

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.. (2 indent ) Irregular friction surface (e.g., roughened)

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.. (2 indent ) Bearing or support

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WITH MEANS TO RETARD MATERIAL MOVEMENT (E.G., "TENSIONER")

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