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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Gonzalo Amador, Dallas, TX (US);
Katherine Gail Heinen, Dallas, TX (US);
Jessie Buendia, Richardson, TX (US);
Leslie E. Stark, Dallas, TX (US);
Chill Go, Baguio, PH;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for applying a rotary force to strips of varying widths. The system includes a plurality of adjacent tracks of progressively greater width, each of the tracks disposed at a height above all tracks of lesser width. A plurality of rotating members are provided, one rotating member extending into one of the tracks and extending to the surface of the associated track. An adjustable drive disc is adjusted to be disposed over a preselected one of the rotating members and is movable toward the rotating members to apply a rotary force to a strip disposed between the rotating member and the disc. Each of the tracks is defined by a pair of spaced apart surfaces with all of the rotating members being on a common rotating shaft.