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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ivan Leo Ericson, Towanda, PA (US);
James Elroy Morean, Coudersport, PA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Sylvania Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226113 ; 226119 ; 226195 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for maintaining a vertically-oriented moving strip of thin and flexible metallic material at an established degree of tension in order to prevent deformation of the strip. The apparatus includes first and second series of vertically oriented rollers which extend above the apparatus's motion means to engage the strip during the strip's circuitous movement therebetween.