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Force monitoring methods and apparatus

  • US 8,047,085 B2
  • Filed: 05/27/2009
  • Issued: 11/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring a component of the force applied to a shaft as a result of contact of a portion of the shaft with a moving glass ribbon, the force component being in an across-the-ribbon direction, the method comprising:

  • (a) contacting a portion of a shaft with a moving glass ribbon;

    (b) supporting the shaft with a support member that undergoes linear displacement in the across-the-ribbon direction in response to the application to the shaft of a force which includes the across-the-ribbon force component; and

    (c) monitoring the linear displacement of the support member.

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