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Web delivery apparatus for a cigarette manufacturing machine and a delivery method therefor

US5469869A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1994
Grant dateNov 28, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2513/11
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for carrying out a web delivery method is designed so that a web is delivered from a freely rotatable web roll to be supplied to a cigarette manufacturing machine as a pulling roller rotates. This apparatus has a powder brake for applying a braking force to the web roll, a rotary encoder for detecting the number of revolutions of the web roll, a timing sensor for detecting the number of revolutions of the pulling roller, a CPU board for calculating the diameter of the web roll in accordance with detection signals from the rotary encoder and the timing sensor, and a control board for controlling the braking force of the powder brake in accordance with various operation modes of the apparatus and the diameter of the web roll.

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