Textiles: cloth finishing – Miscellaneous
Patent
1992-02-18
1993-03-02
Crowder, Clifford D.
Textiles: cloth finishing
Miscellaneous
226 11, 226 45, 1014241, 101484, 34 49, 34 87, 34156, B41F 2304, F26B 1320, B65H 2600
Patent
active
051902010
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for reliably detecting the occurrence of a web break in a web processing system is disclosed employing a non-contacting, non-optical sensor to detect the presence of the web. Cushion pressure in a cushion pressure zone adjacent the web is sensed to determine a web break condition. A sensor block is mounted within an enclosure through which the web passes. The sensor block is configured to sense the cushion pressure in the region between an air bar and the web. The cushion pressure is communicated outside the enclosure to a transducer which compares the cushion pressure to either the internal ambient pressure of the enclosure or to atmospheric pressure. The resulting differential pressure is compared to a threshold differential; if the measured differential pressure drops below the predetermined threshold pressure, a web break is indicated and web processing is terminated.
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Crowder Clifford D.
Funk Stephen R.
Quad/Tech Inc.
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