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Method and apparatus for measuring orientation of constituents of webs or sheets
Assignee: New Oji Paper Co Ltd
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Filing: 1984-05-30
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Granted: 1986-04-08
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Expires: 2004-05-30
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for measuring the orientation of the constituents of sheets are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of inserting a sheet into a small clearance with which the openings in a pair of waveguides are opposed to each other to form a cavity resonator, producing a relative motion at a constant speed between the sheet and the resonator while emitting linearly polarized microwaves from the upper waveguide to allow them to fall on the sheet at right angles thereto, measuring the amount of attenuation of the microwaves by the lower waveguide, and determining the orientation of the constituent of the sheet from that angle of the sheet with respect to the plane of polarization of the microwaves which gives the maximum attenuation.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeyoshi Osaki
- 👤 Yoshihiko Fujii
- 👤 Osamu Tomita
- 👤 Kazuhiko Saiwai
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R27/00; G01R27/02; G01R27/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
203 words
A method of measuring the orientation of the constituents of web or sheet products by using a cavity resonator composed of a pair of waveguides having in their bottoms a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna aligned in substantially the same plane, respectively, and opposed at their openings to each other with a small clearance defined therebetween, said method comprising the steps of: inserting a sample portion of said web or sheet product into said clearance, emitting linearly polarized microwaves from said transmitting antenna toward said open ends to allow them to fall in the surface of said sample portion at right angles thereto while producing a relative motion between the plane of polarization of microwaves and said sample portion around the axis of said cavity resonator, receiving the microwaves guided from the waveguide disposed on the transmitting side via the sample portion in said clearance to the waveguide disposed on the receiving side so as to find the amount of microwaves absorbed by said sample portion, and determining the orientation of the constituent of said web or sheet product from the angular position of said sample portion, where said amount of absorption is at a maximum, relative to said plane of polarization.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
203 words
A method of measuring the orientation of the constituents of web or sheet products by using a cavity resonator composed of a pair of waveguides having in their bottoms a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna aligned in substantially the same plane, respectively, and opposed at their openings to each other with a small clearance defined therebetween, said method comprising the steps of: inserting a sample portion of said web or sheet product into said clearance, emitting linearly polarized microwaves from said transmitting antenna toward said open ends to allow them to fall in the surface of said sample portion at right angles thereto while producing a relative motion between the plane of polarization of microwaves and said sample portion around the axis of said cavity resonator, receiving the microwaves guided from the waveguide disposed on the transmitting side via the sample portion in said clearance to the waveguide disposed on the receiving side so as to find the amount of microwaves absorbed by said sample portion, and determining the orientation of the constituent of said web or sheet product from the angular position of said sample portion, where said amount of absorption is at a maximum, relative to said plane of polarization.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said web or sheet product is a paper sheet or web.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said web or sheet product is a plastic web or sheet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said web or sheet product is a ceramic web or sheet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sample portion of said web or sheet product is rotated in said small clearance, thereby producing relative rotation between it and said plane of polarization.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said sample portion is fixedly supported in said small clearance, while the portion of the cavity including at least the transmitting antenna and receiving antenna is rotated, thereby producing relative rotation between said plane of polarization and said sample portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the orientation of the constituent of one sample portion is measured during 180° rotation of said cavity resonator, whereupon the web or sheet including this sample portion is advanced one step to insert the subsequent sample portion into said small clearance and the orientation of the constituent of this portion is measured, such operation being repeated.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
197 words
An apparatus for measuring the orientation of the constituents of web or sheet products, comprising: a cavity resonator composed of a pair of waveguides having in their bottoms a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna aligned in substantially the same plane, respectively, and opposed at their openings to each other with a small clearance defined between, means whereby a sample portion of a web or sheet product inserted into said clearance is supported around the outer peripheries of said openings, rotatively driving means for rotatively driving either said cavity resonator or said sample portion supporting means around the axis of the former to thereby produce relative rotation therebetween, angle detecting means for detecting, relative to the machine frame, the angular position of the cavity resonator or sample portion rotatively driven by said rotatively driving means, a control section for energizing said transmitting antenna while starting said rotatively driving means in response to a measurement start signal and at the same time associating the intensity of the microwaves intercepted by said receiving antenna with the angular position detected by said angle detecting means so as to display or record it, and means for making said display or record.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
197 words
An apparatus for measuring the orientation of the constituents of web or sheet products, comprising: a cavity resonator composed of a pair of waveguides having in their bottoms a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna aligned in substantially the same plane, respectively, and opposed at their openings to each other with a small clearance defined between, means whereby a sample portion of a web or sheet product inserted into said clearance is supported around the outer peripheries of said openings, rotatively driving means for rotatively driving either said cavity resonator or said sample portion supporting means around the axis of the former to thereby produce relative rotation therebetween, angle detecting means for detecting, relative to the machine frame, the angular position of the cavity resonator or sample portion rotatively driven by said rotatively driving means, a control section for energizing said transmitting antenna while starting said rotatively driving means in response to a measurement start signal and at the same time associating the intensity of the microwaves intercepted by said receiving antenna with the angular position detected by said angle detecting means so as to display or record it, and means for making said display or record.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein said rotatively driving means drives said sample portion support means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein said rotatively driving means drives said cavity resonator.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
53 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein said sample portion support means consists of a conveyor mechanism for passing a web or sheet through said small clearance, said conveyor mechanism being adapted to feed said web or sheet stepwise so that predetermined sample portions are successively positioned in said small clearance.
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