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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1980
John R Flint, Barrington, IL (US);
Kenneth L Hendrikson, Chicago, IL (US);
K George Rabindran, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system is described for holding the tension of a web substantially constant as the web is transported from a supply spool to a take-up spool. The rotation of each spool is controlled by a motor. A tension control circuit senses the currents in both motors and alters motor current so as to hold the sum of the motor currents at a substantially constant value. In this manner, the sum of the torques generated by the motors and their spools is held at a substantially constant value to thereby maintain web tension substantially constant as the radii of the spools change during web movement.