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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:
Mar. 13, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward F Groh, Naperville, IL (US);
William McDowell, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Norbert S Modjeski, Oak Lawn, IL (US);
Donald J Keefe, Lemont, IL (US);
Peter Groer, TN, US;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250435 ; 242 755 ; 242190 ; 242201 ; 242206 ; 250571 ;
Abstract
A device is provided for transporting, in a stepwise manner, tape between a feed reel and takeup reel. An indexer moves across the normal path of the tape displacing it while the tape on the takeup reel side of the indexer is braked. After displacement, the takeup reel takes up the displaced tape while the tape on the feed reel side of the indexer is braked, providing stepwise tape transport in precise intervals determined by the amount of displacement caused by the indexer.