LAY LENGTH AND RATIO MEASURING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL CABLE
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1. A lay meter which includes:
- a light plane;
a shadow based sensor operably disposed in a field across from said light plane to receive a shadow cast from a lay pair passing through said light plane and generates a signal corresponding to a lay width; and
a signal processing circuit operably connected to said shadow based sensor to receive said signal such that a clean square wave voltage signal is generated in direct response to the lay passing through said light plane.
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Abstract
A lay meter includes a computer based device, a light source for creating a light plane operably connected with the computer based device, a shadow based sensor a light plane operably connected with the computer based device, and signal processing circuits and software for processing sensed signals such that a clean square wave voltage signal is generated in direct response to the lays passing through the light plane.
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26 Claims
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1. A lay meter which includes:
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a light plane; a shadow based sensor operably disposed in a field across from said light plane to receive a shadow cast from a lay pair passing through said light plane and generates a signal corresponding to a lay width; and a signal processing circuit operably connected to said shadow based sensor to receive said signal such that a clean square wave voltage signal is generated in direct response to the lay passing through said light plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A lay meter, comprising:
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at least two lay length sensors equipped for generating a signal indicative of lay length upon lays passing thereby, and at least one signal processing circuit for each lay length sensor and connected to computational hardware and software, a display, and data storage, said circuit operably connected to said sensors to receive said signal such that a clean square wave voltage signal is generated in direct response to the lays passing by said sensors and wherein said circuit produce a lay ratio signal for computation, display, manipulation and storage. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method of producing an electrical cable, which includes the steps of:
- (a) employing a lay length meter having lay length sensor equipped for generating a signal indicative of lay length upon lays passing thereby, and at least one signal processing circuit having computational hardware and software operably connected to said sensor to receive said signal such that a clean square wave voltage signal is generated in direct response to the lays passing by said sensors;
(b) employing cable assembly equipment feedback and control obtained from said lay length meter; and
(c) producing electrical cable in accordance with one of a specific pattern and value of lay ratio as a function of said signal and said feedback.
- (a) employing a lay length meter having lay length sensor equipped for generating a signal indicative of lay length upon lays passing thereby, and at least one signal processing circuit having computational hardware and software operably connected to said sensor to receive said signal such that a clean square wave voltage signal is generated in direct response to the lays passing by said sensors;
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15. The method of 14, which is further characterized such that selected lay pairs are systematically adjusted through one of tension control and differential speed capstan input of the pair.
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16. The method of 14, which further includes compensating for lay variation in pair rotation as observed through said lay length meter.
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17. The method of 14, wherein said lay length meter a speed signal sensor, display, and storage capability all of which are operatively connected to said signal processing circuits such that lay lengths can be measured, displayed, manipulated, and stored.
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18. A lay meter which includes:
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a light plane; a shadow based sensor operably disposed in a field across from said light plane to receive a shadow cast from a lay pair passing through said light plane and generates a signal corresponding to a lay width; a signal processing circuit operably connected to said shadow based sensor to receive said signal such that a clean square wave voltage signal is generated in direct response to the lay passing through said light plane; a computer based device operably connected to sensor and signal processing circuit; a speed sensor operably connected to said computer based device to calculate lay length of said pair; and a display operably connected to said computer based device for displaying measured lay length. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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