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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Robert Hunter Moore, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Murphy, Titusville, PA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Hunter Moore, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Murphy, Titusville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Stowe Woodward, L.L.C., Middletown, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to some embodiments of the present invention, a system for determining characteristics of two rolls configured in a nip press includes a strip configured to be placed in the nip press. A plurality of sensors embedded in the strip is configured to generate signals representative of the pressure and/or the nip width between the two rolls. Interface circuitry facilitates addressing of individual ones of the plurality of sensors via a data processing system.