US3100889A
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Apparatus for sensing variations
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1958-04-17
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Granted: 1963-08-13
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Expires: 1978-04-17
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Maxwell R Cannon
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 00:28
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H23/00; B65H23/02; B65H23/0204; B65H23/0208; B65H23/04; B65H23/34; G; G01; G01B; G01B7/00; G01B7/02; G01B7/04; G01B7/048; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/02; G06K19/022
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
IN A WEB WIDTH SENSING SYSTEM, IN COMBINATION, A SOURCE OF ALTERNATING WAVES, A PAIR OF DIFFERENTIALLY CONNECTED LINEARLY VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMERS CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE, EACH SAID TRANSFORMER HAVING A MOVABLE MAGNETIC CORE NORMALLY LOCATED IN A NULL POSITION SUCH THAT NO OUTPUT IS PRODUCED BY EITHER TRANSFORMER WHILE THE CORES ARE IN THE NULL POSITIONS, BEARING MEMBERS RIGIDLY ATTACHED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID MOVABLE CORES, MEANS FOR PASSING A MOVING WEB BETWEEN SAID BEARING MEMBERS, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID BEARING MEMBERS WITH SAID BEARING MEMBERS FREE TO FOLLOW THE EDGES OF SAID WEB, MEANS FOR DERIVING AN OUTPUT FROM SAID TRANSFORMERS HAVING AN AMPLITUDE WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF A CHANGE IN THE WIDTH OF SAID WEB FROM A PREDETERMINED VALUE WITH SAID OUTPUT SUBSTANTIALLY INDEPENDENT OF LATERAL MOTION OF SAID WEB, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE FOR PROVIDING A STEADY REFERENCE VOLTAGE, MEANS FOR COMPARING SAID OUTPUT AND SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE AND FOR PROVIDING THEREFROM PERIODIC PULSES REPRESENTATIVE ONLY OF ANY EXCESS OF SAID OUTPUT OVER SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE, MEANS FOR INTEGRATING GROUPS OF SAID
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
IN A WEB WIDTH SENSING SYSTEM, IN COMBINATION, A SOURCE OF ALTERNATING WAVES, A PAIR OF DIFFERENTIALLY CONNECTED LINEARLY VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMERS CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE, EACH SAID TRANSFORMER HAVING A MOVABLE MAGNETIC CORE NORMALLY LOCATED IN A NULL POSITION SUCH THAT NO OUTPUT IS PRODUCED BY EITHER TRANSFORMER WHILE THE CORES ARE IN THE NULL POSITIONS, BEARING MEMBERS RIGIDLY ATTACHED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID MOVABLE CORES, MEANS FOR PASSING A MOVING WEB BETWEEN SAID BEARING MEMBERS, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID BEARING MEMBERS WITH SAID BEARING MEMBERS FREE TO FOLLOW THE EDGES OF SAID WEB, MEANS FOR DERIVING AN OUTPUT FROM SAID TRANSFORMERS HAVING AN AMPLITUDE WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF A CHANGE IN THE WIDTH OF SAID WEB FROM A PREDETERMINED VALUE WITH SAID OUTPUT SUBSTANTIALLY INDEPENDENT OF LATERAL MOTION OF SAID WEB, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE FOR PROVIDING A STEADY REFERENCE VOLTAGE, MEANS FOR COMPARING SAID OUTPUT AND SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE AND FOR PROVIDING THEREFROM PERIODIC PULSES REPRESENTATIVE ONLY OF ANY EXCESS OF SAID OUTPUT OVER SAID REFERENCE VOLTAGE, MEANS FOR INTEGRATING GROUPS OF SAID
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1966-08-12 | 1967-02-11 | 1967-08-13 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1970-08-12 | 1971-02-11 | 1971-08-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1974-08-12 | 1975-02-11 | 1975-08-13 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |