Moisture computer and control system for processing materials having high, indeterminate moisture contents

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS WHEREIN A TRAVELING MATERIAL IS SUBJECTED TO A MOISTURE REMOVAL OPERATION IN PASSING FROM A FIRST STATION WHERE THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE PASSING MATERIAL IS HIGH AND INDETERMINATE TO A SECOND STATION WHERE THE MOISTURE CONTENT IS RELATIVELY LOW AND HAS A DETERMINATE VALUE, GUAGING MEANS LOCATED AT EACH OF SAID STATIONS, EACH OF SAID GAUGING MEANS PROVIDING A SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF THE MASS OF A LOCAL SEGMENT OF SAID MATERIAL PASSING THE RESPECTIVE STATION, MEANS FOR GENERATING A SIGNAL INDICATIVE OF SAID DETERMINATE VALUE MOISTURE CONTENT AT SAID SECOND STATION, AND COMPUTER MEANS FOR MATHEMATICALLY COMBINING SAID MOISTURE CONTENT-INDICATIVE SIGNAL AND BOTH OF SAID MASS-INDICATIVE SIGNALS TO PROVIDE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL REPRESENTING THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF SAID MATERIAL PASSING SAID FIRST STATION.