US PATENT SUBCLASS 72 / 371
.~ Coiling and/or twisting


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362  DF  PROCESS {8}
371.~ Coiling and/or twisting


DEFINITION

Classification: 72/371

Coiling and/or twisting:

(under subclass 362) Process including a step of convoluting work material through more than 360 deg. into a self-sustaining spiral winding, e.g., an involute or a helix, and/or deforming the workpiece by changing the relative angular orientation of two next adjacent portions about an internal axis passing through both.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

64+, for twisting axially moving work.

66+, for coiling work by use of a work guide member which orbits about the longitudinal centerline of the formed coil.

127+, for coiling by deflecting successively presented portion of work during bodily movement thereof.

299, for twisting work by and between relatively pivoted clamps.