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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Theodore Robert Grossman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Roger Antonio Aparicio, Middletown, DE (US);
Martin Peter Gill, Newark, DE (US);
Steven Robert Hayashi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Andrew William Miller, Lincoln University, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Unwinding systems and methods are provided for unwinding a fiber from a bobbin. The unwinding system can include an axle defining a first axis extending an axial direction, a bobbin rotatably mounted around the axle, a pulley positioned to receive the fiber from the bobbin, wherein the pulley is rotatable around a second axis, and a sensor positioned between the bobbin and the pulley. The bobbin is moveable along the axial direction, and wherein the fiber extends tangentially from a surface of the bobbin.