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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. 23, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew L Cross, Mantua, OH (US);
Frank Albert, Jr, Parma, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 672 ; 242 45 ; 242 673 ; 242 7551 ; 226 44 ; 226118 ;
Abstract
Fabric handling apparatus is provided to continuously unwind a fabric sheet being supplied from a supply roll at variable travel speeds for subsequent processing operations. The fabric sheet being unwound is accumulated in storage means enabling the fabric travel speed to be automatically and continuously decreased as fabric is being accumulated while also being automatically and continuously increased as the fabric sheet is being withdrawn from storage.