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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1978
Willem J Boreas, Sayreville, NJ (US);
Sangamo Weston, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A meter rotor includes a preferably hollow shaft for caging filaments or ribbons, means such as openings on the shaft for engaging a coil, a pair of axially movable end caps engaging opposing ends of the shaft, a spring associated with each end cap for holding the filaments or ribbons taut but without necessarily deflecting the springs, and means on the end caps for engaging a stator. The rotor cooperates with a stator which has rotor-engaging means corresponding to the stator-engaging means on the end caps. The rotor engaging means are separated by a first distance which is greater than a second distance between the stator engaging means. The first and second distances are in a predetermined relationship so that when the rotor is positioned in the stator and the end caps are moved axially, the stator engaging means engage the stator, thereby deflecting the springs to apply tension to the filaments or ribbons.