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Method of detecting residual amount of web roll

US5280274A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1992
Grant dateJan 18, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/41524
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of measuring and expressing the unwound amount or residual amount of a web roll, such as carbon film roll or printing paper roll in terms of a unit length of the web roll includes the steps of: starting a count of pulses to be produced by a rotation displacement detecting sensor for each predetermined angle of rotational displacement when the residual amount of the web roll is considered to have been reduced to a predetermined value; and emitting a warning signal when the count reaches a predetermined count number (initially set on the basis of the average value of the amounts of unwinding rotation of the web roll per unit length) during the time when the web roll is unwound and fed by a unit length from the count start time.

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