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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1991
Henry H Morton, Wadesboro, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A tension control apparatus for a material winder of the type including a material supply package and a material take-up package, an electric motor for driving the take-up package and a tension responsive dancer arm positioned intermediate the material supply package and the material take-up package for angular movement about an axis proportional to tension variation in the moving material. The tension control apparatus includes a polar magnet mounted for axial rotation about the axis of movement of the dancer arm in fixed relation to the movement of the dancer arm about the axis. A magnetic angular position sensor is positioned in magnetic field sensing relation to the polar magnet for sensing the change in the angular position of the polar magnet responsive to tension variation in the moving material and outputting an electrical signal proportional to the angular position of the polar magnet. A signal processing feedback circuit receives and processes the electrical signal and outputs a voltage and current as required to vary the speed of the motor to maintain constant tension.