Class Definition for Class 139

CLASS 139,	TEXTILES: WEAVING
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SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

The manufacture of fabrics having one set of threads arranged transversely to another set and interlaced therewith, each thread of one set lying above some and below the remaining threads of the other set. Does not include the diagonal arrangement produced by braiding.

SUBCLASSES

1	MISCELLANEOUS:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition. Inventions falling within this class, but not more specifically provided for.

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PILE TUFTING:

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Means for knotting or intertwining an extra set of threads with either the warp or weft at the fell of the cloth.

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452,	and 453, for analogous methods of color change.

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112,	Sewing, subclasses 80.01+ for an apparatus for inserting and locking pile tufting in a fabric by means of a stitching operation, and subclass 475.23 for a corresponding method.
156,	Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, subclasses 72 and 147+ for pile tufting and weaving processes, respectively, when combined with a laminating step.

3	Around warp:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 2. The tufts are intertwined with the warp.

4	Oriental knot:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 3. The tuft passes around two threads, at least one end projecting up between them.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 5]

Warp traversing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 4. The warp threads are given a lateral movement during the operation.

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48,	and indented subclasses, for other warp traversing.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 6]

Portable supply:

This subclass is indented under subclass 4. The tuft-yarn packages are moved bodily to bring about tuft change.

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[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 7]

Portable supply:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. The tuft-yarn packages are moved bodily to bring about tuft change.

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332,	for analogous mechanisms that support long pattern chains.

8	Including tuft presenting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 7. Includes means for supplying the knotting or intertwining apparatus with yarn.

9	Tuft presenting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Limited to the means for supplying the knotting or intertwining apparatus with yarn.

10	Tube frames:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 9. Limited to a single unit for supplying the tuft yarn.

11	SPECIAL-TYPE LOOMS:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition. Looms which depart from what may be regarded as a standard type. A standard loom is one in which the warp passes horizontally through the same and in which the warp and weft manipulating mechanisms are not peculiarly adapted to cooperate with each other, but either one might be used with various types of the other. Hand looms are placed in this group.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 14]

Open back:

This subclass is indented under subclass 457. The warp spools or warp ends are moved bodily to open the shed instead of moving a portion of the threads between the warp spool or warp ends and the fell of the cloth.

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17,	for similar sheds that are noncircular.

15	Contacting shuttle and shed control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 457. The undulatory closing of the shed behind the shuttle propels the shuttle or else the forward movement of the pointed shuttle forces the shed to open.

16	Radial heddle movement:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 457. The warp heddles move in a plane transverse to the tube being woven.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 17]

Open-back shed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Looms having sheds formed by moving the warp spools or ends bodily instead of moving a portion of the threads between the warp spools or warp ends and the fell of the cloth.

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14,	for similar sheds in a circular loom.

17.5	Supplemental open-back shed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 11. The shed is open at the back on certain picks, thereby permitting weft inserting means to project into the shed from the rear and travel across the same, in addition to regular closed-back shed weaving.

18	Vertical shed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 11. The harnesses are moved in horizontal planes.

19	Seed-corn stringers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Ears of corn constitute the weft.

20	Multiple-shed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 11. The warp bank is split into three or more groups, so formed into two or more sheds, which may converge to a common fell to form a single fabric or to more than one fell to form a plurality of fabrics.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 21]

Pile:

This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Used for weaving fabric having loops or ends standing out from the surface.

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37,	and indented subclasses, for single- shed pile.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 22]

Narrow ware:

This subclass is indented under subclass 20. The shuttle is longer than the width of the warp and is always connected with an actuating means which does not enter the shed.

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135,	for single-shed looms of this type.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 23]

Rack and pinion shuttle motions:

This subclass is indented under subclass 22. The shuttle is driven through pinions acting on a rack attached to the shuttle.

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136,	and 137, for single-shed rack and pinion shuttle motions.

24	Irregular warp feed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 11. The warp is fed through the loom at a rate that varies with different picks to produce special effects in the fabric.

25	Terry:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 24. Two warp supplies are employed, a few picks of weft are deposited a short distance from the fell of the cloth, these picks are then forced up to the fell with the warp supplies under different tension, whereby the weft slides over one of the warps and the other warp is forced up in loops.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 26]

Beat-ups:

This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Limited to means for forcing the weft up to the fell of the cloth.

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188,	and the subclasses indented thereunder, especially subclass 190.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 27]

Separate reed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 26. The peculiar terry effect is produced by a special motion of the reed rather than the entire lay.

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189,	and 191, for similar reeds not used in terry.

28	Pushed shed pocket:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Heddle eyes are not employed, but members merely contact with the warp strands and push them out of line. Usually operates on stiff resilient material.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 29]

Hand looms:

This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Looms that differ from the conventional power loom by being hand driven, usually without any hand crank.

(1) Note. Some are almost entirely automatic, and some are mere fragments of looms in which nearly all the operations are accomplished manually.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 30]

Pushed harness:

This subclass is indented under subclass 29. The harnesses are directly pushed by rigid members.

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57,

and 58.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 31]

Cam shedding:

This subclass is indented under subclass 30. A cam is used to actuate the push members.

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32,

and 58.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 32]

Cam shedding:

This subclass is indented under subclass 29. The harnesses are actuated by cams.

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31,

and 79.

33	Manual shedding:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 29. The shedding mechanism is propelled directly by hand or foot and is not driven by mechanical connection to some other part of the loom.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 33.5]

33.5

Darning:

This subclass is indented under subclass 33. Peculiarly adapted for weaving over a hole in a fabric.

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223,	Apparel Apparatus, subclass 100 for related devices which do not have means for controlling interlacing of threads in definite order.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 34]

Warp frames:

This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Frames, usually rectangular for holding warp strands and involving some means peculiar to weaving.

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28,	Textiles: Manufacturing, subclasses 151+ for thread frames that do no more than hold an array of threads.

35	WARP MANIPULATION:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition. Supplying tensioning, shedding, in some instances traversing, or otherwise handling the warp threads until they reach the fell of the cloth.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 36]

Fluid treatment:

This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Means for applying a fluid to the warp threads while in the loom.

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118,	Coating Apparatus, appropriate subclasses for coating apparatus, per se, and see the Class 118 class definition, Lines With Other Classes, Coating Combined With Other Operations, for the line between Class 118 and Class 139.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 37]

Pile:

This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Means for manipulating the warp threads so that they will stand out from the surface of the fabric in the form of loops or ends.

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2,	and indented subclasses for pile that is not formed from warp or weft threads.
116.5,	and 116.6, for pile produced from weft threads, and 21.

38	Loop hook:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Hooks near the fell of the cloth by which part of the warp threads are caused to stand out until the beat-up occurs.

39	Transverse wire:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Wires for causing the warp threads to stand out are woven in as wefts, but only allowed to remain in the fabric temporarily.

40	Wire control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Limited to means for moving and guiding the wires.

41	Including end motions:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 40. Mechanism which thrusts the wires end-wise into the shed and pulls the wires out of the woven fabric, with means for otherwise manipulating the wires.

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End motions:

This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Limited to the means for thrusting the wires into the shed and pulling them out.

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141,	431, 437, 440, and 443, for similar actuating mechanism that propels needles, tweezer sticks, and shuttle push rods.

43	Separate cutting mechanism:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Any cutting arrangement other than a knife on the end of the pile wire for cutting the loops.

44	Pile wires:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Limited to the structure of the wires.

45	Oiling:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 39. Means for placing oil on the wires.

46	Longitudinal wire, traversing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 37. The pile loops are formed by cross weaving or traversing the threads over wires which lie parallel to the warp threads, which wires do not participate in the take-up advancement and end a few picks beyond the fell of the cloth. The wires may or may not have a knife at the end to cut the loops.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 47]

Anchored release end:

This subclass is indented under subclass 46. That type of longitudinal wire in which the forward end of the wire is fast to the frame of the loom.

(1) Note. This type necessarily carries cutting knives, otherwise the loops could not pass the anchorage.

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116.6,

for similar devices for weft pile.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 48]

Traversing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Means for causing warp threads to be moved transversely.

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49	Lappet:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Means for traversing warps comprising needle-eye heddles placed in front of the reed.

50	Leno or gauze:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Special harness mechanism causes parts of the warp threads to cross others and hold them in that position until the pick has been laid.

51	Doup heddle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Shedding mechanism having a loop running through a special heddle eye and around the thread to be crossed, said loop being so placed as to pull the thread sidewise past some other warp threads.

52	Heddles:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 51. Limited to the loop and eye as an element.

53	Needle-eye heddle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 50. The heddle eyes are placed in the ends of rigid rods, the same resembling sewing-machine needles. After these needles are withdrawn from the shed and before reinsertion they are shogged sidewise.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 54]

Selvage:

This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Cross weaving placed only at the edge of the fabric for selvage purposes or in the body of the fabric where it is intended to slit the same.

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55.1,	455 and 456, for independent harness actuating selvage warps.
117,	for special treatment of weft selvages, and 430+.

55.1	Shedding:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Apparatus which separates the warp threads into two layers with a weft receiving space therebetween and which periodically moves warp threads from one layer to the other.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 56]

Disconnecting mechanism:

This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. Means to interrupt the driving connection between the shedding mechanism and other moving loom parts.

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156,	and 328, for clutches and disconnecting means.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 57]

Pushed harness:

This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. The harnesses are directly pushed by rigid members.

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30,

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 58]

Double-acting cam:

This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Cams are employed for moving the rigid members in both directions.

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31,

and 81.

59	Jacquard:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. Peculiarly adapted for independent control of individual threads. There are laterally-movable members harnessed to the threads adapted to engage a vibrating actuator and a bank of needles each connected to one of the laterally-movable members and with their ends in position to be engaged by a pattern which may be reciprocated to be pressed against them.

60	Knotted cord:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 59. The actuator is a trap board having holes and slits therein, the laterally-movable members being knotted cords and the pattern exercising its control to cause the knots to catch in the slits.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 61]

Multiple cylinder:

This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Two or more pattern cylinders control a single set of hooks, as each hook has feelers which extend to the several cylinders.

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322,	for details of the cylinders and feelers alone.

62	Group control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 59. An auxiliary pattern controls entire groups or rows of hooks independent of or in opposition to the indications of the main pattern.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 63]

Locked open shed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 59. A jacquard so arranged that extra rests or knife-edges will keep any hooks from lowering between two successive picks.

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72,

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Mid closing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 59. The threads move in opposite directions from a central point when the shed is split open.

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69,

65	Double lift:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Each harness cord is attached to two hooks, the hooks of a given pair being actuated by oppositely-moving griff bars.

66	Dobby:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. A pattern-controlled shedding motion for actuating heddle frames.

67	Vibrating griff:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 66. The power is supplied by a constantly- reciprocating knife bar, and the pattern determines which one of a number of hooks shall be caught on the bar.

68	Jacquard pattern:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Uses pattern cards that require to be brought up to the feelers with a right-line motion.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 69]

Mid closing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 67. The threads move in opposite directions from a central point when the shed is split open.

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64,

70	Curved motion:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 69. The griff bars move in an arc of a circle.

71	Double lift:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 67. Two griffs are constantly reciprocating in opposite directions.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 72]

Locked open shed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Latches keep the heddles in open position when change is not desired.

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63,

73	Irreversible transmission:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 72. Motion is readily transmitted from the griff bars to the heddle frames, but not in the opposite direction.

74	Evener direct:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 71. A two-arm lever is attached directly to two hooks and so arranged that when the hooks are reciprocated in opposite directions by the griff bars the harness attached to its middle point will remain stationary.

75	Harness levelers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 67. A means for bringing all the harness to the same level when the loom is stopped, so that repairs to the warp threads can be made.

76	Rotating actuator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 66. The actuator to which the harness-moving members are connected at the call of the pattern rotates.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 77]

Vibrator gear:

This subclass is indented under subclass 76. The actuators are toothed drums and the harnesses are moved by gears which are moved edgewise by the pattern for engagement with the toothed drums.

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180,

78	Pattern direct:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. The pattern is strong enough to actuate the harness by means contacting directly with the pattern.

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Cam:

This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. The harnesses are actuated by cams.

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32,	for similar shedding in a hand loom.

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With varying means:

This subclass is indented under subclass 79. There is means to control the arrangement of the cams either automatically or by hand.

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120,	156 and 320, for other axial-shift cams.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 81]

Double acting:

This subclass is indented under subclass 79. The harness is positively moved both ways.

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58,

82	Harnessing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. Limited to connections between the shedding motions and the warp threads.

83	Power to both sides:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Two trains of transmission extend from the shedding motion to both the tops and bottoms of the harness frames.

84	Power to top:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 82. A single train of transmission extends from the shedding motion to the top only of the harness frame.

85	Jacquard:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 84. The transmission from the jacquard motion to the heddle eyes.

86	Comber boards:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 85. The guides which position the harness cords over the proper warp threads.

87	Interharness connections:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Means for transmitting motion from one harness frame to another independent of the shedding motion.

88	Strap connections:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Means for connecting the transmission straps to the harness frames.

89	Retractors:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Springs or their equivalent to pull heddles in the reverse direction to that imparted by the shedding motion.

90	Lingoes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Weights used to pull down individual heddle eyes.

91	Harnesses:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 82. Groups of heddles supported from bars in order to move in unison.

92	Supplemental heddle rod:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 91. Main bars support smaller rods to which the heddles are attached.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 93]

Heddles:

This subclass is indented under subclass 82. The elements which directly engage with the warp threads and past which the threads move in shedding.

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368,

94	Separate eye:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 93. A member separate from the rest of the heddle is used in forming the thread-engaging eye.

95	Twisted wire:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Heddles constructed of twisted wires.

96	Perforated strip:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 93. Heddles constructed of a strip which has been perforated to form the heddle eye.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 97]

Feeding:

This subclass is indented under subclass 35. Advancing the warp threads properly arranged and tensioned to the interweaving mechanism of the loom.

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226,	Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate subclasses for methods of, and apparatus for, feeding material without utilizing the leading or trailing ends to effect movement of the material.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 98]

Lease rods:

This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Means inserted in the plane of the warp threads for holding the juxtaposed threads apart to prevent entangling.

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19,	Textiles: Fiber Preparation, subclass .48 for apparatus and processes for separating or aligning substantially parallel continuous filaments before stabilizing such filaments.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 99]

Interconnected let-offs and take-ups:

This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Means for paying out the warp threads and means for taking up the fabric, having part of their mechanism in common.

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100,	and indented subclasses, and 304, and the indented subclasses.

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100

Let-offs:

This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Means for paying out warp with sufficient retarded speed to keep the warp threads under tension while they are being woven.

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99,

101	Multiple:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 100. There are a plurality of warp banks with a separate let-off for each.

102	Pile:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 101. The warp threads are used in a pile fabric.

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103

Tension regulated:

This subclass is indented under subclass 101. The rate of let-off is determined by the strain on each of the warps.

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109,

and 110.

104	Independent of supply:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 100. The let-off is applied to the threads after they have left their carriers and not to the carriers themselves.

105	Speed regulation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Means for varying the rate of feed.

106	Exhaustion compensated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 105. The rate of turning of the warp beam is in increased as the amount of warp left thereon decreases.

107	Radius:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 106. Means contacting with the surface of the warp on the beam determines the rate at which the beam turns.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 108]

108

For positive:

This subclass is indented under subclass 107. A positive actuator is controlled.

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310,

109	Tension:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 105. The rate is determined by the strain on the warp threads.

110	For positive:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 109. A positive actuator is controlled.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 111]

111

Automatic arresters:

This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Means actuated by a loom part for preventing let-off usually when the stop motion detects a weft failure.

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314,

112	Beat-up resisting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 111. Actuated at the time of beat-up.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 113]

113

Manual resetters:

This subclass is indented under subclass 100. Means to facilitate manual movement of the warp back and forth.

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316,	and 328, for clutches and disconnective means.

114	Whip rolls:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 97. Means, usually serving as a back rest, pressing against the warp threads and capable of movement to maintain desirable tension notwithstanding the fluctuations in warp tension produced by the shedding and beat-up.

115	Positive slackeners:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 114. There is a connection with a moving part of the loom to decrease the tension at the proper time.

116.1	WEFT MANIPULATION:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition. Apparatus or method for laying threads known as the weft across a series of substantially parallel threads known as the warp, and wherein (a) the warp threads are successively divided between an upper plane and a lower plane, thereby forming sheds, and (b) a weft thread is passed through and laid into each shed.

116.2	Means for withdrawing defective weft:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Apparatus comprising a mechanism for withdrawing a weft, which has been detected as being faulty, from a shed.

116.5

Pile:

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means for manipulating the weft threads so that they will stand out from the surface of the fabric in the form of loops or ends.

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21,	for weft pile produced in multished looms.
37,	and indented subclasses, for pile produced from warp threads.

116.6

Longitudinal wire, anchored release end:

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.5. The weft is laid over wires which are parallel with the warp, the front ends of the wires being fast to the frame of the loom.

(1) Note. This type usually carries cutting knives.

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47,	for similar devices for warp pile.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 117]

117

Special length:

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. The length of the weft in any one shed being appreciably greater or less than the width of the completed fabric.

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54,	for cross-woven selvage.

118	Fringe:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 117. The weft extends appreciably farther than the width of the warp, thereby projecting beyond the edge of the fabric when completed.

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119

Swivel shuttle:

This subclass is indented under subclass 117. There is means for inserting shuttles into and withdrawing them from a shed at points intermediate the edges of the shed for the purpose of depositing weft between said points.

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135,	for analogous ways of propelling small shuttles.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 120]

120

With main shuttle control:

This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Includes the mechanism for alternating the main-shuttle flight with the action of the swivel shuttles.

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80,	156 and 320, for axial-shift cams.
137,	for ways of raising and lowering small shuttles.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 121]

121

With rack and pinion:

This subclass is indented under subclass 119. Swivel shuttles in which the positive motion drive consists of racks attached to the shuttles and pinions to drive the same.

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136,	and indented subclasses.

133	Shuttle motions:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means for propelling the weft-thread-carrying members through the shed so constructed that the thread-carrying member may remain at either side of the shed while the shed changes.

134	Magnetic:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Means employing a magnet for propelling a shuttle.

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135

Narrow ware, positive:

This subclass is indented under subclass 133. The shuttle is longer than the width of the warp and is always connected with an actuating means which does not enter the shed.

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22,	and 119, for analogous motions.
143,	for fly-shuttle arrangements for weaving fabrics edge to edge.

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136

Rack and pinion:

This subclass is indented under subclass 135. The drive is through pinions acting on a rack attached to the shuttle.

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23,

and 121.

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137

Weft change:

This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Employing a plurality of shuttles for use with the same set of warp threads for the purpose of changing the weft.

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23,	and 120, for ways of raising and lowering small shuttles.
171,	and indented subclasses, for weft- change means for the ordinary fly- shuttle loom.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 138]

138

Actuators:

This subclass is indented under subclass 136. Limited to the means for driving the pinions.

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121,

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139

End engagement:

This subclass is indented under subclass 135. The shuttle is at one or the other of its ends connected with an actuating means.

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141,

140	Single shuttle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 139. There is a single fabric, and therefore a single shuttle.

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141

End engagement, positive:

This subclass is indented under subclass 133. The shuttle is always connected at one or the other of its ends with an actuating means.

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41,	42, 139, 440+ and 445, for mechanisms that include actuating means that could be used for actuating a shuttle push rod.

142	Fly:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 133. Means for imparting to a shuttle sufficient momentum to carry it through the shed.

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143

Intermediate pickers:

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Means to enable fly shuttles to be projected through two or more sheds placed in alignment (edge to edge).

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135,	and indented subclasses, for positive shuttle motions where fabrics are woven edge to edge.

144	Pneumatic:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 142. The impulse is caused by air pressure.

145	Spring propelled:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 142. The impulse is caused by releasing a spring that has been placed under tension.

146	Lay-carried stick:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 142. A shuttle-propelling stick is mounted on the beat-up framework instead of a stationary part of the loom.

147	Vertical bell crank:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 146. A bell crank rocks about a horizontal pivot, one end being connected to the picker stick and the other being actuated by the picker cam.

148	Foot actuated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 146. The power is transmitted to the stick through a means which is part of or forms a socket for the lower part of the stick.

149	Foot construction:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 146. The construction of the pivot of or support for the stick. Often includes means to give the top of the stick a straight-line motion.

150	Rocker:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 149. The bottom of the foot comprises a curved rolling surface.

151	Lug connections:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 146. A straight pull member for connecting the picker stick with the rest of the motion.

152	Foot supported:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 151. The member being supported from the stick foot rather than from the stick directly.

153	Lug straps:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 151. A substantially U-shaped loop of flat material adapted to pass around the picker stick and be connected to the lug stick. They are designed to be used on standard looms interchangeably.

154	Lug-strap supports:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 151. Means for keeping the strap from sliding down the stick.

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155

Shuttle positioners:

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Means to place the shuttle away from the picker, so that the point will not catch in the picker when the shuttle is shifted for purposes of weft change or the like.

(1) Note. Compare with this class, subclass 252.

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156

Disconnecting mechanisms:

This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Means to disengage some part of the picker-actuating mechanism, so that the shuttle motion on that side of the loom will not act.

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80,	119, 120, and 320, for axial shift cams, and 225.
182,	for supporting instrumentalities for mechanisms requiring disconnecting to prevent box-change smash.

157	Picker sticks:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 142. The construction of the bar for actuating the picker, the picker being mounted on or connected to the same.

158	Picker spindles:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 142. A rod on which the picker slides. Not used in all looms.

159	Pickers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 142. The members which contact directly with the ends of the shuttle to propel it.

160	Spindle-guided pickers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 159. Those pickers which are adapted to slide on spindles.

161	Picker and picker stick checks:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Means adapted to contact with the picker or picker stick and retard the same.

162	Special connection:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 161. The checks are so arranged as to be engaged at a point remote from the shuttle boxes or are connected to some part of the loom in such a way as to have their action modified.

163	Friction:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 161. The resistance of one surface on another is employed as a checking action.

164	Lateral:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 163. One of the rubbing surfaces is the picker or picker stick or a part bodily carried thereby.

165	Double-acting shifter:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 163. The movement of one of the surfaces in checking in one direction leaves that surface in position for checking in the opposite direction.

166	Nonmetallic buffer:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Checking by impact against material other than metal springs.

167	Spring buffer:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 161. Checking by impact against the resilience of springs.

168	With taut strap:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 167. The blow is received by a strap stretched at right angles to the path of the blow.

169	With pivoted arm:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 167. The check having a pivoted impact member extending into the path of the stick or picker.

170	With offset arm:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 167. There is an impact member with straight-line motion extending into the path of the stick or picker.

170.3

Inactive weft restrainers:

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means for preventing inactive weft threads from being drawn into the shed simultaneously with the active weft during the operation of multiple-shuttle looms.

(1) Note. Such devices, sometimes called filling locks or sideline eliminators, commonly function to maintain the length of inactive weft extending from its shuttle in a position in which it cannot be contacted by the active weft or shuttle.

(2) Note. While devices which are mounted near the fell (as on the breast beam or temple support) may exert little more restraint on the inactive weft than that imposed by such weft"s attachment to the fabric, they are included in this and indented subclasses since they are most frequently found in conjunction with inactive weft cutters (in which case they supply the support and restraint which can no longer be provided by the fabric itself) and since the additional function performed by those such devices not associated with cutters is the further removal of the inactive weft from the path of the active shuttle. (See patent 2,219,794 to Turner in subclass 170.6 indented hereunder).

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184,	for multiple shuttle boxes, per se.

170.4

With cutter:

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.3. Apparatus provided with additional means for severing the inactive weft between its shuttle and the selvage of the fabric being woven.

(1) Note. Cutters associated with inactive-filling restrainers often are mounted jointly with the loom temples.

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263+,	for weft end cutters associated with filling replenishing mechanism.
302+,	for loom-mounted selvage trimmers, per se.

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26,	Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 10.4 for cutters not mounted on a loom and adapted to sever weft loops floating along the selvage of fabric woven on multiple-shuttle looms.

170.6

Box position responsive:

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.3. Apparatus in which the functioning of the restrainer or restrainers with respect to any particular weft is related to the position, relative to the shuttle race, of the shuttle box holding the package of such weft.

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171+,

for box change motions for multiple-shuttle looms.

170.7

Dummy or displaced warps:

This subclass is indented under subclass 170.6. Apparatus comprising flexible strand or strand-like members disposed substantially parallel to the warps of the fabric being woven but outside the selvage thereof, and provided with means for raising and lowering such members for the purpose of disposing the inactive wefts above or below the path of travel of the active shuttle.

(1) Note. When the strand member employed is taken from the loom warp supply (later to be returned thereto for weaving into the fabric) it is referred to as a displaced warp. Strand or strandlike restraining members which are extraneous to the fabric being woven are known as dummy warps.

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171

Box change motions:

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means for moving a set of multiple shuttle boxes to bring the desired one into picking position.

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2,	126, 127 and 137, for color change and weft change other than for fly-shuttle mechanism.
184,	for the structure of the boxes.

172	Revoluble box:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 171. The boxes being arranged to move in a circular path.

173	Vibrating actuator and wheel:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 171. The power means moves to and fro and transmits motion to a wheel by engaging the wheel at various points along its periphery.

174	Rack and pinion:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 173. The actuator and wheel are connected by gear teeth.

175	Vibrating actuator and catch:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 171. A member constantly moving to and fro is adapted to selectively engage members to be moved thereby.

176	Varied:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 175. When the amount of movement given the engaged member is not always the same.

177	Step type:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 176. The engageable member has a series of notches or steps any one of which may be caused to be caught and carried along with the actuator.

178	Rotating actuator and gear:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 171. The pattern causes selective engagement between a gear and a rotating actuator by shifting a part of or the entire gear or a jaw clutch forming part of the gear.

179	Axial shift:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 178. The part moved to cause engagement is shifted axially.

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180

Vibrator gear:

This subclass is indented under subclass 178. The actuator and actuated members are gears so arranged that pattern-selective engagement can take place by the displacement of the selected gear bodily in a radial or a radial or edgewise direction.

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77,

181	Connecting motions:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Means for modifying and transmitting the motion produced by some of the above pattern-controlled mechanism and capable of being interchangeably used with different types.

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182

Box-supporting instrumentalities:

This subclass is indented under subclass 171. Devices upon which the boxes rest which are connected to and adapted to be raised or lowered by the various motions classified above.

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156,	for means to protect the box-change mechanism against smash.

183	Shuttle boxes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Receptacles at the ends of the lay to receive and hold the shuttle while not in flight.

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184

Multiple:

This subclass is indented under subclass 183. A shuttle box containing a plurality of shuttle compartments, so that by moving a different compartment into the picking position different shuttles can be employed.

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156,	for means to prevent smashes in changing these boxes.
171,	and the subclasses indented thereunder, for means to move the boxes.

185	Shuttle checks:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 183. Means carried by the shuttle box for engaging directly with the shuttle and adapted to retard the shuttle on its entry.

186	Shuttle actuated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Means actuated by the entrance of the shuttle into the box for throwing a checking means into operation.

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187

Relieving:

This subclass is indented under subclass 185. Action of the check against the shuttle is relieved at the time the shuttle is picked from the box.

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347,

188	Lays or beat-ups:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means which forces the weft thread into place against the fell of the cloth; usually consists of a comb or reed properly held and actuated and often includes a shelf on which a fly shuttle can slide.

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189

Loose reed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 188. Reeds which will become detached or unlocked from the shuttle raceway in case the shuttle is trapped between the reed and fell of the cloth.

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27,	for similar structure used in terry looms.

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190

Motions:

This subclass is indented under subclass 188. The mechanism for imparting the to-and-fro motion to the lay or beat-up.

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20,	for special motions used in terry weaving.

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191

Separate reed:

This subclass is indented under subclass 190. Reeds that have a beat-up motion independent of or in addition to that of the shuttle raceway.

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27,	for similar structure used in terry looms.

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192

Reeds:

This subclass is indented under subclass 188. A comb located between the shedding mechanism and the fell of the cloth, the teeth of which extend or may be inserted through the warp threads in the shed area for the purpose of moving the weft thread against the fell of the cloth.

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5,	for very unusual traversing reeds.
48,	for converging reeds.

193	Shuttle guards:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 188. Means placed adjacent the path of the shuttle to prevent hitting the operator if the shuttle flies out.

194	Tensions:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means for applying tension to the weft and not carried by the shuttle.

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195

Selvage-loop retainers:

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means other than selvage warp thread for holding the loop of weft by the shuttle until the beat-up occurs.

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430+,

196.1	Shuttles:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Device comprising means which carries a weft thread through an open shed which means is not attached to its propelling apparatus.

196.2	Gripper or dummy shuttle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Device wherein the shuttle is provided with a clamping or guide means which engages a weft thread and draws it through an open shed from a stationary supply located adjacent the shed.

196.3	Single pick shuttle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Device wherein the shuttle is adapted to carry a length of weft thread sufficient for only one pass through the shed, which weft may or may not be spool carried.

196.4	Shuttle tips:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Device limited to the structure of the tip portion of shuttles.

197	Types:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. It is found that many of the patents in the group of "Shuttles" cover merely elements found in the interior of what may be considered the standard type of "fly" shuttle, in which a bobbin or skewer holds a package of thread supported near one end of the shuttle cavity, the thread to be pulled off endwise toward the other end and out through an eye in the side of the shuttle near the delivery end, the outside of the shuttle being smooth and tapered at both ends. Inventions which are not details of this so-called standard type are placed in this group of shuttle types.

198	Exteriorly supported cop:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Wherein the supply is engaged on the exterior instead of carried by a spindle.

199	Bow:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Shuttles in which an arch containing the thread outlet eye extends from the side of the shuttle next the fell of the cloth, so as to lay the weft near the fell; usually used on narrow-ware shuttles.

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200

Brake tension:

This subclass is indented under subclass 199. The thread is fed out from a rotating bobbin, and the tension is created by a friction brake applied to any part of the bobbin, which part may be the wound-thread surface.

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242,	Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 421+ , 422+, and 156+ for tensioning a running material.

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201

Tortuous-course tension:

This subclass is indented under subclass 199. Tension is created by leading the thread over a zigzag path with several sharp bends, these bends being in addition to those that are needed to carry the thread from the cop or bobbin to the outlet eye.

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214,	and indented subclass.

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242,	Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 541+ and 153 for a tensioning a running material.

202	Roller bearing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 197. Shuttles the weight of which is supported on rolls as they make their flight across the lay.

203	Detecting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Means carried by the shuttle adapted to be affected by a change of warp thread or weft thread conditions for actuating a signal or a train of mechanism for stopping or controlling the loom action.

204	Float:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 203. Means affected by presence of warp threads in the shed.

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205

Exhaust:

This subclass is indented under subclass 203. Means affected by the substantial exhaustion of the weft-thread package carried by the shuttle.

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275,	and 371, for the combination with stopping means and replenishing means, respectively.

206	Thread-carrier supports:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Means for holding the thread supply while it is being delivered in the usual type of shuttle in which the weft is drawn from a nonrotating thread package by unwinding from the exterior of the same.

207	Automatically replenished:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 206. Shuttles and cop carriers so constructed that the cop with its carrier can be changed by mechanical means while the shuttle remains in the loom.

208	Pivoted spindle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 206. The support is pivotally attached, so that the end may be swung out of the shuttle cavity to permit change of bobbins.

209	Detachable:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Spindles having the pivoted end so constructed that it is unlocked and can be detached when the other end is swung out of the shuttle cavity.

210	Spindle-actuated retainer:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 208. Spindles that actuate means to increase the hold or grip of the spindle on the cop as the free end of the spindle is swung into the shuttle.

211	Exterior:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 210. Spindle-actuated means to take hold of the exterior of the bobbin as the free end of the spindle is swung into the shuttle.

212	Thread-delivery control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 196.1. Means for controlling the thread from the time it leaves the thread package until it leaves the shuttle.

213	Uncoiling engagement:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212. The means contacts with the thread as it leaves the bobbin or package.

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214

Tortuous course:

This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Guides in which tension is created by leading the thread over a zigzag path with several sharp bends, these bends being in addition to those that are needed to carry the thread from the cop or bobbin to the outlet eye.

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201,

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72,	Metal Deforming, subclasses 160+ and 205 for a metal working machine which provides an undulating path for successively presented portions of running length work.
242,	Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 541+ and 153 for a tensioning a running material.

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215

Threader slot:

This subclass is indented under subclass 214. Guides that include tortuous-course tensions and have a slot through the shuttle wall extending from the eye to the thread cavity.

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201,

and 222.

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216

Spring clamp:

This subclass is indented under subclass 212. A spring pressed toward an opposing surface and contacting directly with the thread held there between.

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242,	Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 419.4+ and 149+ for a clamp-type tension for running material.

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217

Threader slot:

This subclass is indented under subclass 216. Spring clamps included in guides and tensions having a slot through the shuttle wall extending from the eye to the thread cavity.

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222,

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218

Friction material:

This subclass is indented under subclass 212. The thread is drawn over rough or clinging material such as felt, to create resistance.

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242,	Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 522+ and 147+ for a clamp-type tension for running material.

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219

Threader slot:

This subclass is indented under subclass 218. Friction-material tensions that occur in guides having a slot through the shuttle wall extending from the eye to the thread cavity.

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222,

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220

Loom threading:

This subclass is indented under subclass 219. Friction-material tensions that occur in guides in which the slot will thread from the to-and-fro motion of the shuttle across the loom.

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223,

221	Threading feature:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212. Means carried by the shuttle to facilitate starting the thread through the thread outlet.

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222

Slot:

This subclass is indented under subclass 221. The thread undergoes a side displacement through a slot into the thread outlet of the shuttle.

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215,	217, and 219.

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223

Loom threading:

This subclass is indented under subclass 222. Threading slots so arranged that the thread will be drawn into its regular channel by the to-and-fro motion of the shuttle across the loom.

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220,

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224

Replenishing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 116.1. Means for supplying new weft by either refilling or replacing the running shuttle.

(1) Note. Includes means wherein there is a special cooperation between the replenishing mechanism and other parts of the loom.

225	With other loom-parts control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Wherein there is special cooperation between the replenishing mechanism and other parts of the loom.

226	Suspension:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 225. The other parts of the loom being rendered inoperative.

227	Of main shaft:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 226. Including stopping of the main shaft.

228	Of stopping:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 226. The action of the stopping means is nullified or delayed.

229	Delayed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. In which the weft carrier passes through the replenishing position one or more times after detection of depletion and before replenishment takes place.

230	Prevented:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Means for preventing premature actuation.

231	Revoked:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 230. In which the operation has already been initiated.

232	Multicolor type:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Means in looms using more than one character of weft for renewing at least one of the wefts.

233	Feeler mechanism:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 232. Means for ascertaining the condition of the shuttle contents in the shifting shuttle boxes which cooperate therewith.

234	Shuttle changing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Wherein exhausted shuttles are replaced.

235	Manually controlled:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. The operation being initiated by the operative.

236	Supply and discharge at different ends:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. The full shuttle being inserted at one end of the lay and the exhausted shuttle being discharged at the other end of the lay.

237	Exhausted shuttle deflected:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. The exhausted shuttle being deflected while in flight off the raceway of the lay.

238	Contacting shuttles:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. The exhausted shuttle being pushed out by the pressure of the incoming full shuttle.

239	Movable shuttle box:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234. The shuttle box being temporarily displaced.

240	Progressive:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 239. A series of shuttle boxes being moved in the same direction.

241	Bobbin changing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Wherein the exhausted shuttles are refilled.

242	By moving transferrer:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 241. A moving element projecting a full bobbin into the shuttle.

243	Lay actuated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 242. The moving transferer is set in operation by the lay.

244	Transferrer tips:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Limited to bobbin-engaging features of the transferer.

245	Bobbin supply:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Means for holding and presenting the full bobbins to transfer position.

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246

With thread control:

This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Wherein there is means for taking care of the yarn ends previous to the transferring operation.

(1) Note. Devices which control the yarn ends collectively and are features of the bobbin supply are classified here.

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256,	257, 258, and 259.

247	With gravity feed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 246. The bobbins being fed to transfer position by gravity.

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248

With rotary battery:

This subclass is indented under subclass 246. The bobbins being carried by a magazine which rotates to feed them.

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249,	for other rotary batteries

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249

Rotary battery:

This subclass is indented under subclass 245. The bobbins being carried by a magazine which rotates to feed them.

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248,	for other rotary batteries. See this class, subclass 248.

250	Battery feeds:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Means for rotating the battery.

251	Bobbin guides or supports:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Means for holding the bobbin in transfer position or guiding it during transfer.

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252

Shuttle positioners:

This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Means for placing an improperly-positioned shuttle in position in the shuttle box.

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155,

253	Inner tip pushers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 252. Positioning means which act on the shuttle tip adjacent the fabric.

254	Bobbin-smash preventers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Means for engaging a bobbin imperfectly positioned in the shuttle to prevent the entrance of the shuttle into the shed or to press the bobbin into its proper place.

255	Ejected-bobbin receivers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 241. Means for disposing of the bobbin after its discharge from the shuttle.

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256

Thread control:

This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Means for manipulating an individual thread after the transferring operation has been initiated.

(1) Note. Devices for controlling a yarn end individually even though the bobbin from which it extends be in the bobbin supply are classified here.

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246,	and indented subclasses.

257	Incoming thread:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Wherein the thread extends from the new bobbin.

258	Attached to magazine:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 257. The end being attached to the magazine.

259	Shuttle threading:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Means for guiding the incoming thread into the shuttle.

260	Positioning outgoing thread for cutting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Means for placing the thread extending from the substantially exhausted bobbin in position to be cut by the cutting mechanism.

261	Shuttle clearing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Means for withdrawing the thread extending from the discharged bobbin out of the shuttle eye.

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262

With bobbin manipulation:

This subclass is indented under subclass 261. Wherein the bobbin is given a definite movement, is stripped, or otherwise manipulated.

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28,	Textiles: Manufacturing, subclasses 292+ , for bobbin stripping apparatus.

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263

Cutting mechanism:

This subclass is indented under subclass 256. Means set in operation by the replenishing action for cutting the thread. Frequently a clamp is provided for carrying the cut end forward.

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170.4,	for inactive-weft cutters associated with means for preventing the extending end of such weft in a multiple-shuttle loom from becoming fouled with the active weft supply or otherwise drawn into the shed.
302+,	for loom-mounted selvage trimmers not associated with filling replenishing mechanism.

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26,	Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 10.4 for weft end cutters which are not loom mounted.

264	On shuttle feeler:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 263. The cutter being located on the shuttle feeler.

265	On lay:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 263. The cutter being located on the lay.

266	On temple:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 263. The cutter being located on the temple.

267	Operated by transfer:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Wherein actual transfer of a bobbin is required to effect the cutting.

268	Operation prevented:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 263. Means for preventing premature actuation.

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269

Feeler mechanisms:

This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Means for ascertaining the condition of the working-shuttle contents and when a predetermined exhaustion thereof is reached for initiating a change.

(1) Note. Feeler mechanisms, per se, are classified here whether intended to replenish or to stop the loom.

270	Suspended actuation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. The complete functioning being suspended temporarily during the further depletion of the shuttle contents.

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271

Positively withdrawn:

This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Means for positively withdrawing the feeler from the shuttle box.

(1) Note. The withdrawal is usually to permit the picking of the shuttle, the transfer of the bobbin, or the shifting of the shuttle boxes.

272	Lay carried:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 271. The feeler being located on the lay.

273	Electric:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. An electric circuit being utilized.

274	Magnetic:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Wherein a magnetic body within and a magnetized body without the shuttle, or vice versa, are attracted to each other.

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275

Detector in shuttle:

This subclass is indented under subclass 269. The initiating element is carried in the shuttle.

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205,	and 371, for detecting devices where not combined with replenishing.

276	Becoming quiescent:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. The yarn contact member being vibrated at each detecting beat of the lay, failure to vibrate effecting the change.

277	With auxiliary bobbin and shuttle contact:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 276. Wherein there is also a bobbin or shuttle contact member contacting at each detecting beat.

278	Yarn impinging and lay actuation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Wherein there is a member which contacts with the yarn surface and another member normally inactive which is engaged by the shuttle or other part of the lay for effecting the change.

279	Yarn impinging and penetrating members:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Wherein there is a member which contacts with the yarn surface and another member which penetrates through the yarn to feel for the bobbin surface.

280	Rotary:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. A member is held from rotation on a detecting beat by the yarn on the bobbin, but upon substantial exhaustion of the yarn is permitted to rotate.

281	Side slipping:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. A toothed element is held from movement longitudinally of the bobbin on a detecting beat by the yarn on the bobbin, but upon substantial exhaustion of the yarn slips.

282	Spring stressed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 281. A resilient means causes the slipping action.

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283

Pivoted carrier:

This subclass is indented under subclass 282. A toothed element is supported on a pivoted carrier.

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285,

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284

Slidable carrier:

This subclass is indented under subclass 282. The toothed element is supported on a rectilinearly-movable member.

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286,

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285

Pivoted carrier:

This subclass is indented under subclass 281. The toothed element is supported on a pivoted carrier.

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283,

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286

Slidable carrier:

This subclass is indented under subclass 281. The toothed element is supported on a rectilinearly-movable member.

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284,

287	Feeler tips:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Limited to the yarn engaging features of the feelers.

288	Positioners:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 269. Means for placing the feeler mechanism in proper position with relation to the shuttle.

289	Feeler cooperating bobbin elements:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224. Bobbins provided with features or elements for cooperating with the feeler.

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291

FABRIC MANIPULATION:

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Means carried by the loom for removing the cloth as it is woven or otherwise operating upon the cloth.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

26,	Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclasses 13+ for cutters adapted to sever the connecting strands of two-ply fabric; and subclasses 87+ for spreader structure which maintains lateral tension on a running web of cloth.

292	Temples:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Means to engage the cloth near the fell to maintain a lateral tension on the same.

293	Clamping jaw:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 292. A pincerlike means is provided, and in most instances it reciprocates with each beat up of the lay.

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294

Rotary:

This subclass is indented under subclass 292. The means rotates.

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492,	Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere provided for, and see the notes thereunder.

295	Roller and pod:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 294. The cloth is brought into engagement with a roller, the axis of which is substantially parallel with the weft, by means of a nonrotating shield or guide which partially embraces the roller.

296	Roller surfaces:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Limited to the cloth-engaging portion of the roller.

297	Bearing for rollers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Limited to that portion of the roller mounting which facilitates rotation of the roller.

298	Supports:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Limited to the means for connecting the cloth-engaging portion of the temple with the loom; usually a bracket fastened to the breast beam.

299	Sliding:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 298. Yielding to the beat-up movement is permitted by a sideway part of the support.

300	Displacing means:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 298. Means to facilitate moving the temple away from the cloth-engaging position.

301	Positioning adjustments:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 298. Means to facilitate accurate locating of the temple with relation to the cloth.

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302

Selvage trimmers:

This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Means to sever weft threads that may project from the edge of the cloth.

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170.4,	for inactive-weft cutters associated with means for preventing the extending end of such weft from becoming fouled with the active weft supply or otherwise drawn into the shed of a multiple-shuttle loom.
263+,	for weft end cutters associated with filling replenishing mechanism.

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26,	Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclass 10.4 for apparatus and processes for the same purpose as those of this subclass, the severing means of which is not loom-mounted.

303	Lay actuated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 302. The means is actuated by contacts from the lay.

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304

Take-ups:

This subclass is indented under subclass 291. Means for pulling the cloth away as it is woven; usually includes means for winding it up.

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99,

305	Irregular shape:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 304. The rate of take-up is not uniform from edge to edge of the cloth.

306	Traversing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 304. A lateral to-and-fro motion is given either to the receiver or to the cloth.

307	Sand-roll type:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 304. The cloth is pulled along by contact with advancing friction or clamping surfaces, the packaging, if any, being a separate operation.

308	Contacting wind-up:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 307. The material is wound on a beam which is pressed against the sand roll and is driven thereby.

309	Speed regulation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Means is provided to determine the rate at which the cloth-advancing mechanism moves.

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310

Increase compensated:

This subclass is indented under subclass 309. The cloth roll is slowed down as the mass of cloth thereon accumulates.

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108,

311	Tension:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 309. The rate of movement is determined by the tautness of the cloth.

312	Manual:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 309. The rate is determined by an adjustment made by the operator.

313	Automatic let-backs:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Means to permit the take-up to move a certain distance in the reverse direction, usually when the stop motion detects a weft failure.

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314

Automatic arresters:

This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Means that stops the take-up when the stop motion detects a weft failure without awaiting the coming to rest of the heavy parts of the loom.

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111,

315	Fraud preventers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Means to prevent manual interference with some mechanical actuator for the take-up while the loom is in motion.

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316

Manual resetters:

This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Means to facilitate the movement of the cloth back and forth by the operator.

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113,	and 328, for clutches and disconnective means.

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317

PATTERN MECHANISM:

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Means of the type peculiarly adapted for controlling the order in which selective power-transmitting mechanisms are thrown into and out of action: comprises patterns having indicators and feelers affected by the indicators, but does not include the power-transmission devices which are connected or disconnected by the feelers. They are employed in producing complicated designs having a great variety of changes and are to be distinguished from cams, cranks, and the like, which are intended to transmit power directly and are practical only when few changes are required.

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66,	Textiles: Knitting, subclasses 231+ for pattern control systems and storage devices for use with knitting machines.
200,	Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 46 for systems of electric circuit makers and breakers in which individual circuits are made and broken in a pattern-transmitted predetermined order.

318	Picture pattern:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. A pattern which has not been broken up into definite portions to correspond to each feeler.

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319

Electrical:

This subclass is indented under subclass 318. Patterns in which the indicators and feelers are operative electrically.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

455,	for devices that use electricity to lift the heddles.

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200,	Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclass 46 for systems of electric circuit makers and breakers in which individual circuits are made and broken in a pattern-transmitted predetermined order.

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320

Lateral shift:

This subclass is indented under subclass 317. A plurality of patterns are arranged in parallel rows lengthwise of the chain, so that a change from one to the other can be effected by shifting the cylinder axially relative to the feelers.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

80,	120 and 156, for lateral-shifting cams.

321	Skip motions:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Portions of the pattern chain are passed without being utilized.

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322

Multiple cylinder:

This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Two or more pattern cylinders act on the same set of hooks or other power connective devices.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

61,	for the complete shedding mechanism that employs multiple cylinders.

323	With control pattern:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 322. There is an extra pattern for selecting the main pattern that is to be used.

324	Reverse:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Means for causing the pattern to travel in the opposite direction.

325	With control pattern:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 324. An extra pattern is used to determine the time or point of reverse.

326	Multipliers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Extra patterns which move while the main patterns are stationary to count the number of picks before the main patterns are to be started again.

327	Loom-part control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Means driven by the take-up roll or some loom part to determine the length of dwell or repetition of the pattern at any given point.

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328

Reset:

This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Means to enable the pattern to be moved to the correct position for starting.

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113,	and 316, for clutches and disconnecting means.

329	Cylinder motions:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Mechanisms for turning the cylinder and also in the jacquard type the means for pressing the cylinder against the feelers.

330	Cylinders:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. A prism or barrel on which the chain is mounted to advance it step-by-step and also to hold the card or link that is being pressed against the ends of the feelers.

331	Feelers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 317. The fingers or detectors which are controlled by the perforations, risers, or other indicators on the pattern chain or its equivalent for connecting or disconnecting the power-transmission devices under their control.

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332

Pattern guides:

This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Devices to support the length of cards or chain that is not on the cylinder.

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7,	for analogous mechanism that supports, long chains of tube frames.

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333

Patterns:

This subclass is indented under subclass 317. Limited to the surfaces or chains having indicators which affect the feelers.

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66,	Textiles: Knitting, subclasses 231+ for patterns for knitting machines.

334	Movable pins:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 333. Patterns in which the indicators are pins that can be placed in inoperative position either with or without entire removal from the pattern chain.

335	Cards:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 333. Patterns of the paper card type; usually perforated.

336	STOPPING:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition. Mechanism adapted to throw the loom out of operation.

336.4

Weft replenishing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Stopping which is effected by improper functioning of means for replenishing the active filling supply or of an instrumentality associated with such replenishment, or by the absence of an adequate supply of reserve filling carriers.

(1) Note. An instrumentality associated with replenishment of the active filling supply may be, for instance, a filling thread cutter and clamp.

336.6

With shuttle position detector:

This subclass is indented under subclass 336.4. Stopping, which is effected by means detecting the presence of a shuttle improperly positioned (or the absence of a shuttle in proper position) for replenishment by a fresh bobbin or for ejection of the shuttle coincident to the supply of a fresh shuttle.

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341+,

for shuttle position detectors not related to weft replenishment.

337	Harness-mechanism actuated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Abnormal condition of the harness mechanism causes stopping.

338	Pattern-mechanism actuated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Improper action of the pattern mechanism causes stopping.

339	Take-up mechanism actuated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Improper action of the take-up mechanism causes stopping.

340	Predetermined:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. A fixed extent of operation causes stopping.

341	Shuttle-position detectors:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. An improperly-positioned shuttle causes stopping.

342	Improper presence in shuttle box:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 341. The shuttle not having been picked out of the shuttle box.

343	Shuttles in both boxes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 342. Shuttles are in both running shuttle boxes.

344	Positive-shuttle-motion type:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 341. The shuttle being positively driven.

345	Protector-rod type:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 341. A rocking rod extending longitudinally of the lay carries fingers which contact with the shuttle checks and also carries means adapted to engage and actuate the stop mechanism when the rod is not rocked by the pressure of a shuttle check on one of the fingers.

346	With sliding frog:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 345. A slidable member transmits movement from the protector rod to the stopping means.

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347

With relief mechanism:

This subclass is indented under subclass 345. The pressure of the protector mechanism against the shuttle is suspended, but allowed to function at the appropriate instant.

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167,

348	Thin-place detectors:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. A thin place in the fabric causes stopping.

349	Warp:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. The occurrence of a fault in the warp, usually the breakage of a thread, causes stopping.

350	With leasing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 349. In combination with means for holding juxtaposed warp threads apart to prevent entangling.

351	With break locating:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 349. The locality of the fault being indicated.

352	Nonindividual detector:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 349. The fault being detected by mechanism other than elements arranged to contact one with each thread.

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353

Electrical:

This subclass is indented under subclass 349. The fault being detected by an individual thread detector which affects an electric circuit on being displaced.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

66,	Textiles: Knitting, subclass 161 and the classes referred to in the notes thereto.
200,	Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, subclasses 61.13+ for electrical switches which are controlled by threads or strands; see subclass 61.14 where the switch is controlled by a knot or change in diameter of the thread or strand, and subclass 61.18 where the switch is controlled by the slack, breakage, run out or failure to travel along its intended path.

354	Pivoted detector:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 353. The detectors do not move bodily, but angularly.

355	Shed-lifted detector:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 353. The detectors either form the shed or the principle of operation depends on their being raised in the formation thereof.

356	Lay knock-off:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 355. The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.

357	Lay knock-off:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 353. The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.

358	Supports:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Limited to means for supporting the thread-feeling elements of an electrical warp stop motion.

359	Nonarrestable vibrator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 349. Individual thread detectors are displaced into the path of a to-and-fro moving member and are carried along therewith.

360	Arrestable vibrator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 349. Individual thread detectors are displaced into the path of a to-and-fro moving member, which is stopped thereby.

361	Pivoted detector:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 360. The detectors do not move bodily, but angularly.

362	Lay knock-off:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 361. The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.

363	Shed lifted detector:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 360. Wherein the detectors either form the shed or the principle of operation depends upon their being raised in the formation thereof.

364	Lay knock-off:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 363. The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.

365	Transverse motion:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 360. The vibrator moves transversely of the lay.

366	Lay knock-off:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 365. The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.

367	Lay knock-off:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 360. The lay being utilized to actuate the stopping mechanism.

368	Detectors:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 349. Limited to the structure of the detector, per se.

369	Supports:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 349. Means for supporting the thread-feeling elements and closely associated parts of the warp stop motion.

370.1	Weft:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 336. Stopping wherein the absence of, substantial exhausting of or a fault in the weft thread causes the loom to be thrown out of operation.

370.2	Stationary supply; e.g., shuttleless type:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 370.1. Stopping wherein the weft thread is drawn from a thread package which is fixed relative to the frame of the loom.

371	Detector in shuttle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 370.1. The detection being made by means within the shuttle.

372	Detector fork:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 370.1. A member having tines is given relative movement across the weft path.

373	Vibration preventers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 372. Provided with means for bringing the fork to rest after striking the weft.

374	Lay carried:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 372. The fork is carried by the lay.

375	Dropping:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 374. The fork is moved by gravity on its detecting stroke.

376	Supplementally aided:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 375. Means is provided to assist the action of gravity.

377	Slidable tilting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 372. The fork is tiltable on a member which slides when the fork fails to be tilted.

378	Forks:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 377. Limited to the structure of the fork.

379	Grids and cleaners:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 372. Limited to the features of the element which cooperates with the prongs of the fork or the devices for cleaning the same.

380	WEAVERS" IMPLEMENTS:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition. Accessories only of use in aiding an attendant to operate the loom.

381	Shuttle threaders:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 380. Devices entirely detached from the shuttle to aid the attendant in threading the shuttle.

382	Pneumatic:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 381. Suction or compressed air is used.

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383

FABRICS:

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Product of a method or apparatus provided for in this class and having at least one set of constituent strands arranged transversely to at least one other set and interlaced therewith, each strand of one set lying above some and below the remaining strands of the other set.

(1) Note. A patent directed to a woven product possessing coated or impregnated constituents will be placed in this subclass, or the appropriate indented subclass, where the sole disclosure is to coating or impregnation of the constituents prior to assembly thereof to form the product.

(2) Note. A patent directed to a woven product by name only consisting of twisted or twined constituents (e.g., yarn), in the absence of the particular interengagement (assembly relationship) of said constituents, will be placed elsewhere. See the Search Notes below.

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57,	Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, for a patent directed to a woven product by name only consisting of twisted or twined constituents, in the absence of the particular interengagement (assembly relationship) of said constituents.
156,	Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, appropriate subclasses for methods and apparatus for weaving in combination with laminating. See also subclasses 166+ and 433+ for methods and apparatus for forming weftless fabrics by adhesively uniting filaments.
428,	Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate subclasses for a stock material product in the form of a single or plural layer web embodying a woven component and not provided for in this class (139) or any other class. See Class 428, References to Other Classes, reference to Class 139.
492,	Roll or Roller, subclass 48 for a roll cover, per se, not elsewhere provided for.

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384

Special shape:

This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Wherein the outline of the texture is other than flat straight webs or stock peculiarly adapted for producing structures of this nature.

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428,	Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses 98+ for a structurally defined web or sheet which may include a woven component, and subclasses 221+ for a web or sheet which includes a structurally defined component which may be woven, and especially subclasses 175+, 190, 193, and 196+ for a product embodying a component of mechanically interengaged strands or strand-portions (e.g., woven).
442,	Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, etc.), subclasses 181+ for a woven fabric and subclasses 304+ for a knit fabric.

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385

Fringes:

This subclass is indented under subclass 384. Parts of the elements extending from the texture and being loose and unwoven.

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428,	Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclass 115 for a stock material product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet and having a fringe, where the manufacture thereof goes beyond the limits of the methods of manufacture provided for in this class (139).

385.5	Collar:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 384. Which are designed for use as collars for human apparel.

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386

Curved:

This subclass is indented under subclass 384. The texture being uniformly bent either in or out of its plane, but not forming complete tubes.

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428,	Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses 174+ for a stock material product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet, and embodying a nonplanar woven layer but where the manufacture thereof goes beyond the limit of any process provided for in this class (139).

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387

Tubular:

This subclass is indented under subclass 384. The texture forming a hollow tube or tubes with either closed or unclosed ends. Either the sides or the ends of the tubes may be connected together.

(1) Note. For woven tubular fabrics having something additional such as a rubber lining which makes them into a hose, see Class 138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits, subclasses 123+ for woven tubular fabric having something additional, such as an impregnation or a lining which makes it into a hose.

388	Uniform:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 387. Wherein a single tube is formed of regular shape and texture.

389	Bags and pockets:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 387. Wherein the tube is peculiarly adapted to serve as a receptacle.

390	Permanently united:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 389. The bag or pocket being integral with its supporting texture.

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391

Pile:

This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Wherein the foundation texture has threads projecting therefrom after the manner of hair or loops to form the surface.

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66,	Textiles: Knitting, subclasses 191 and 194 for a knitted fabric including a fleece or pile type surface.
112,	Sewing, subclasses 410+ for a pile fabric formed by securing the pile elements to a base by a stitching operation.
428,	Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses 85+ for a stock material product in the form of a single or plural layer web or sheet having a pile or nap type surface and not provided for in this class (139) or any other class.

392	Weft:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 391. The projecting threads being weft.

393	Chenille:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 392. Wherein the projecting threads extend from the surface of the weft.

394	Multiweft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 393. The structure comprising more than a single weft plane.

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395

Chenille strands:

This subclass is indented under subclass 391. Weft texture for a chenille fabric formed by cutting between separated warp threads of a woven fabric, wherein the warp threads form the core thereof and the cut weft ends extend therefrom.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

57,	Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining, subclasses 24 , 203 and 362 for chenille strand structures and machines and processes for making the same.

[List of Patents for class 139 subclass 396]

396

Terry:

This subclass is indented under subclass 391. These are the products of the terry operation.

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25,

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397

Separable fabrics:

This subclass is indented under subclass 391. The projecting threads being formed by severing the warps running between the layers of a fabric woven parallel to each other and as a unit.

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26,	Textiles: Cloth Finishing, subclasses 13+ for cutters adapted to sever the connecting strands of two-ply fabrics.

398	Each with multiweft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 397. Wherein the structure of each layer comprises more than a single weft plane.

399	Tufted:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 391. The projecting threads being neither warp nor weft, but extra threads incorporated into the foundation texture during the weaving.

400	Oriental knot:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 399. Wherein the projecting threads are secured by completely encircling the retaining thread or threads.

401	Multiweft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 399. Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft plane.

402	Regularly shedded warp:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 391. The projecting threads being formed by raising the pile warps uniformly over the pile wires.

403	Multiweft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 402. Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft plane.

404	Selected warp:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 391. The projecting threads being formed by raising up from the foundation texture warp ends selected from a series.

405	Multiweft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 404. Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft plane.

406	Divided by stuffer warp:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 405. The weft planes being separated by a plane of buried warp threads.

407	Separable:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Wherein the texture is peculiarly adapted to be severed into sections.

408	Multiweft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Wherein the structure comprises more than a single weft plane.

409	Independent plies:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 408. The weft planes being separate and distinct cloths united by binder threads.

410	Two-ply:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 409. Wherein the number of plies is two.

411	Three-weft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 408. The number of weft planes being three.

412	Separated weft:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 411. Wherein each weft is in a separate and distinct shed.

413	Two-weft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 408. The number of weft planes being two.

414	Separated weft:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 413. Wherein each weft is in a separate and distinct shed.

415	Divided by stuffer warp:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 414. The weft planes being separated by a plane of buried warp threads.

416	Figured, single-weft plane:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Wherein the invention relates to the production of a design and employs only a single weft plane.

417	Striped:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 416. The ornamentation being in the form of stripes.

418	Double faced:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 416. The ornamentation being on both faces.

419	Cross weave:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Wherein warp threads are deflected laterally.

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420

Materials:

This subclass is indented under subclass 383. Product wherein one or more of the constituent strands (1) is of a particular composition (natural or otherwise) (2) possesses structure (e.g., particular linear or cross-sectional configuration) or (3) have a particular relationship relative to other strands of the product.

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174,	Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclasses 137+ for fabrics comprising an element which is woven into the texture for the purpose of imparting electrical insulating qualities to the fabric.

421	Elastic:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 420. Wherein the texture contains elements such as rubber or springs for returning it to its original form after stretching.

422	Inelastic sections:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 421. The elastic elements being omitted in certain areas.

423	Multiweft planes:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 421. The structure comprising more than a single weft plane.

424	Including straw or vegetable stalks:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 420. Straw or vegetable stalks being used in the texture.

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425

Including metal:

This subclass is indented under subclass 420. Metal being used in the texture.

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174,	Electricity: Conductors and Insulators, subclasses 68.1+ , for electrical conductors which may include a metallic fabric. The mere recitation of a woven fabric as being of or including conducting material is not sufficient for classification in Class 174. For classification there significant conductor details must be claimed.
219,	Electric Heating, subclass 545 , for electric heaters which may include a woven fabric as a heating element.
338,	Electrical Resistors, subclass 208 , for resistors having a mesh, woven, or braided resistance element. The mere recitation of a woven fabric as being of or including resistive material is not sufficient for classification in Class 338. For classification there significant resistor details must be claimed.
343,	Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, subclass 897 for mesh, woven, braided or multiple strip type antennas.
428,	Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, subclasses 544+ for stock materials, e.g., of indefinite length, which are all metal or have adjacent metal components.

426	Textile-thread type:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 420. The fabric is composed entirely of threads formed by spinning or twisting.

427	Including nonfelting animal fibers:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 426. Wherein animal fibers which do not have felting properties are used in the texture.

428	Silk:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 427. Silk being used in the texture.

429	Weaving with stationary weft supply:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 116. Device in which the weft is drawn from a bulk supply means which means does not pass through the shed.

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430

Selvage forming:

This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein means control the weft thread end or the weft thread and a part of the warp to form a binding zone in the formed fabric, usually along the fabric edge.

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54,	for cross weaving selvage forming.

431	By knitting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 430. Device wherein the zone is formed by engaging the weft with a knitting needle.

432	With additional thread:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 431. Device wherein means are provided to incorporate an additional thread into the knitting zone.

433	By shuttle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 430. Device wherein a selvage shuttle or similar device passes a thread through a looped end portion of a double weft.

434	By tucking:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 430. Device wherein means are provided to bend a cut weft end back into a subsequent shed.

435.1

Weft inserted by fluid jet from nozzle:

This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein a weft thread is projected into and through the shed by a pressurized stream of a gas or a liquid, which stream is formed by a nozzle.

(1) Note. A main nozzle is a nozzle which is located outside the shed and operates both outside of and within the shed, whereas an auxiliary nozzle is located, and operates, within the shed.

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226,

Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, may include a nominal recitation of a supply or take-up coil (e.g., less than a support for such a coil or a cooperative relationship between a tension or exhaust detector and reel driving or reel stopping means, etc.), subclass 97.4 for a vacuum jet to advance the strand.

435.2

With means for controlling flow from nozzle:

This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device provided with means for controlling (a) the sequence of activation of the pressurized streams from a plurality of auxiliary nozzles, (b) the duration of operation of a pressurized stream, or (c) the velocity of a pressurized stream.

(1) Note. "Auxiliary nozzle" is discussed in (1) Note. of subclass 435.1, above.

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435.6,

for a guide for a fluid jet which guide functions to confine a weft-carrying pressurized stream.

435.3

Including plural main nozzles and positioning means therefor:

This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device which includes two main nozzles, each developing a pressurized stream, a weft thread for each stream, and means for locating, or for redirecting the flow from, one of the main nozzles.

(1) Note. "Main nozzle" is discussed in (1) Note. of subclass 435.1, above.

435.4	Main nozzle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device comprising the structure of a nozzle of the kind which is located outside of the shed.

435.5	Auxiliary nozzle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device comprising the structure of a nozzle of the kind which is located within the shed.

435.6

Fluid jet guide:

This subclass is indented under subclass 435.1. Device comprising structure which extends across at least a portion of a shed and which functions to confine a weft-carrying pressurized stream during the projection of a weft thread into the shed.

(1) Note. The confining of the stream is for the purpose of conserving as much as possible of the stream"s velocity.

(2) Note. The claims of the art of this subclass occasionally are limited to the guide, per se.

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435.2,

for flow control means which includes means for controlling the velocity of a pressurized stream.

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436

Progressive shedding:

This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein the weft is inserted through a warp shed which is of substantially the length of the inserting member and which moves across the warp with the inserting member.

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196.1,

for inserting member, per se.

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437

Weft inserted by shuttle:

This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein the weft is drawn through the shed by a shuttle which is projected or carried.

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196.1,

for shuttle structure, per se.

438	By gripper shuttle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 437. Device wherein the shuttle grasps an end of weft to draw it through the sheds.

439	Inserted from only one side of loom:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 438. Device wherein the shuttle enters the shed from only one side of the loom.

440	Weft inserted as double picks:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein the weft is a continuous strand which is inserted across the length of the shed and is doubled back on itself.

441	By permanently threaded reciprocating needle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 440. Device wherein the inserter comprises a needle having an eye, which is continuously supplied with thread, which needle moves back and forth along a rectilinear path.

442	By permanently threaded pivoted needle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 440. Device wherein the inserter comprises a needle having an eye, which is continuously supplied with thread, which needle swings about an axis.

443	Weft inserted as single pick:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein the weft is inserted as a single strand.

444	By gripper needle on insertion stroke:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device wherein the insertion means comprises a needle having a portion which grasps the weft end and carries it through the shed from the side which the needle enters the shed.

445	By gripper needle on withdrawal stroke:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device wherein the insertion means comprises a needle which enters the shed empty, grasps a weft thread and inserts it into the shed as the needle exists therefrom.

446	By a plurality of needles:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device wherein the insertion means comprises a pair of needles which operate simultaneously to meet at the center of the shed, the weft being brought to the shed center by one needle, transferred to the other needle to be drawn the remainder of the distance through the shed.

447	Needle thread engaging portion:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 443. Device limited to the constructional features of the thread engaging portion of weft inserting needle.

448	Thread gripper:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 447. Device wherein the thread engaging portion grasps the weft end.

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449

Drive or guide mechanism for weft inserting needles:

This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device to impart motion to a weft inserting needle or to control the direction of movement of said needle.

(1) Note. Needle guides, mounts, etc., not specifically provided for may be considered as part of the drive mechanism and be placed in this subclass.

(2) Note. The term "Needle", as employed herein, is intended to include both flexible tapes and rigid rod-like inserting members.

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450

Weft handling:

This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device including means which control the movement of weft between its storage and the weft inserting member.

(1) Note. Included herein is means to mount a weft supply package.

451	For hair, cane, straw or slats:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 450. Device having means specialized to store or handle weft of hair, cane, straw or slats.

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452

Measuring or storing:

This subclass is indented under subclass 450. Device including means for drawing off a measured length of weft to be inserted into a warp shed.

(1) Note. The drawing means may be in combination with storage means and a cutting means. Storage means independent of drawing means are also proper for this subclass.

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226,

453	Selecting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 450. Devices wherein means operate to choose between a plurality of weft threads to present a desired one to the weft inserting member.

454	Diagonal weaving:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 429. Device wherein at least certain weft are inserted to lie at an oblique angle to the warp threads.

455	Electric or magnetic actuator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. Apparatus wherein the shedding mechanism operates in response to (1) variations in electrical impulses, or (2) variations in magnetic lines of flux.

456	Fluid pressure actuator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 55.1. Apparatus wherein the shedding mechanism operates in response to hydraulic or pneumatic pressure.

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457

Circular, progressive shedding:

This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Subject matter wherein the special-type loom is one in which the warp is arranged in a circular manner and a section of the warp threads, of substantially the length of the shuttle, is moved to the open-shed condition and this open shed, in which the shuttle travels, is caused to move transversely of the warp, wherein the weft is laid in a circular course.

(1) Note. A loom of this subclass performs an operation which may be described as circular weaving with progressive shedding.

458	Longitudinal shedding:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter wherein the shed forming means, i.e., the heddles, of the loom move in a plane parallel to the plane of the fabric being woven.

459	Shuttle:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 457. Subject matter limited to the structure of a shuttle which is peculiar to a loom of that subclass.

460	Longitudinal moving shed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Subject matter wherein the special-type-loom includes a plurality of sheds which are simultaneously maintained in an open condition and caused to move in the warp direction.

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