Variable ratio web winder
CA 1106940 A · Owner: Butler Automatic, Inc. · Inventors: Meihofer, Edward F.
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17-039, Application, of, Edward F. Meihofer for, VARIABLE RATIO WINDER, Abstract, A web winder of the center wind type drives the web roll through a controllable variable speed mechanical transmission whose input shaft is turned by a variable slip torque modulating device whose torque coupling varies in accordance with the output of a web tension sensor upstream from the web roll to immediately change the angular velocity of the roll to compensate for sudden tension upsets in the web. The amount of slip in that device is detected and compared with a selected reference slip to develop an error signal for controlling the gear-in ratio of the transmission which slows the angular velocity of …
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- Granted August 11, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 11, 1998.
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