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Tape surface discriminating system

US4467215A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1981
Grant dateAug 21, 1984
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/86
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for discriminating between the front and back surfaces of a tape over the entire length thereof, which comprises a device for discriminating the tape surfaces at least at one end of the tape, and a device for detecting any twisted section at an intermediate point of the moving tape on the basis of a change in the projected area of the tape in the tape width direction.

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