Patent ID: 6074531
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: D21G

Abstract:
A measuring station in a machine for manufacturing a continuous fibrous web, said measuring station comprising:a stand;a scanner supported on said stand and having at least one head positioned adjacent the web for measuring a property of the web as the web travels by the at least one head;a drive source for moving the at least one head back and forth across the web in a cross-machine direction;a support strip extending in the cross-machine direction and positioned between said scanner and the fibrous web, said support strip defining at least one through-opening aligned with the at least one head to expose a corresponding portion of the web to the at least one head; andat least one drive member for displacing the support strip back and forth across the web independently of the at least one head but in the same direction and at the same speed such that the at least one through-opening remains aligned with the at least one head and measurements can be made across the width of the web.