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Device for measuring the tension on a web of a printing press

US5365796A · kind A · utility

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16References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 18, 1992
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L5/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device (10) for determining the tension of a web (12) on a cylinder (14) of a printing press (16) having a first device (45) for determining the wrap angle of the web (12) on the cylinder (14), a second device (29) for determining the total force applied by the web (12) on the cylinder (14), and a device (100) responsive to the first and second determining devices (45 and 29) for calculating the tension of the web (12) on the cylinder (14).

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