Abstract: A system for electrically measuring variations over a flexible web has a capacitive sensor including spaced electrically conductive, transmit and receive electrodes mounted on a flexible substrate. The sensor is held against a flexible web with sufficient force to deflect the path of the web, which moves relative to the sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2002
Inventors:
Gerard E. Sleefe, Thomas J. Rudnick, James L. Novak