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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1975
Karl R Grice, Honea Path, SC (US);
Fiber Controls Corporation, Gastonia, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for maintaining sliver thickness uniform whereby the web from a carding machine is gathered by a trumpet and passed between a grooved driven roller and a sensor roller riding in the groove so that the movements of the sensor roller vary as a function of sliver density. The sensor roller is mechanically connected to a magnetic core so that movement of the sensor roller varies the coupling between a primary transformer winding and a pair of secondary windings. The voltages induced in the secondary windings are applied, after a delay, to a first differential amplifier whose output in turn is connected to a second differential amplifier which is periodically rendered operative by a pulse generator and to which is also connected a potentiometer for adjusting desired density. The output of the second amplifier is connected to a pair of relay coils, one responsive to positive excursions and the other to negative. Each relay controls a switch connecting a power source to a motor coil for rotating the motor which in turn controls a variable speed drive for controlling, for example, the feed roll of a conventional card.
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