Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Methods for calibration and automatic alignment in friction drive apparatus Image Number 6 for United States Patent #6637634. A friction drive apparatus includes an edge detection system for determining a lateral position of a strip material advancing in a longitudinal direction. The edge detection system includes a first sensor and a second sensor for monitoring the lateral position of the strip material. The friction drive apparatus also includes instructions for automatically aligning the strip material as the strip material is advanced a predetermined aligning distance and instructions for calibrating the second sensor with respect to the first sensor to compensate for any potential discrepancies therebetween. The apparatus and methods of the present invention ensure that the strip material is properly aligned in the friction drive apparatus and limit waste of strip material during those operations.       Recently Added Patents Multi-color light emitting device circuit Automatic computation streaming partition for voice recognition on multiple processors with limited memory Control signals in streaming audio or video indicating a watermark Motor for compressor and hermetic compressor having the same Bicycle Heterojunction tunneling field effect transistors, and methods for fabricating the same Respirator belt having attachment slot   Randomly Featured Patents Hot-gas engine Printed circuit board including signal transmission line capable of suppressing generation of noise Mid-mounted mower Data converter with barrel shifter Switching arrangement for electrical installations Air cleaner configured for receipt of various sized filter cartridges; components thereof; and, methods Digitized quadrature phase shift keying modulator Luggage bins and aircraft passenger cabin ceilings Method and apparatus for performing signal correlation for signals received from satellites in multiple satellite systems Monostable circuit © 2006-2008 PatentGenius. All Rights Reserved.