CONTROL FOR STRIP-DRIVING APPARATUS

1304381 Control of DC motors EASTMAN KODAK CO 30 April 1970 [5 May 1969] 20857/70 Heading H2J [Also in Divisions G2-G3 and H1] In a filmstrip projector, the speed and direction of the reversible film drive motor are controlled by a circuit in which a silicon controlled rectifier CR17 controls the potential applied to the series field coil 62c and the armature 62a of the motor, a selectively variable impedance comprising variable resistor 128 and capacitor C4 being connected to the emitter of CR17 to control the point at which the rectifier conducts. The back e.m.f. developed in armature 62a is used to control the point at which rectifier CR17 fires in the cycle of applied alternating potential, and so to control the speed of the motor. The back e.m.f. is applied across resistor R 10 and a voltage dividing network through switches 118, 120, 138, and 140, the uni-junction transistor Q 1 being turned on earlier or later in the potential cycle depending on whether the e.m.f. is decreasing or increasing. The power supplied to the motor through CR17 is consequently increased or reduced to maintain constant speed depending on the preselected value of resistor 128. The motor 62 is of the universal type having a shunt field coil 62b in addition to the series coil 62c. The coil 62b is normally energized by members T 1 CR8, CR9 but is de-energized when it is desired to run the motor in a reverse direction at high speed, this de-energization being effected by operation of switches 114, 116, 138, 140 which also causes the rectifier CR17 to be by-passed so that the motor is supplied directly by the A.C. source 136. Operation of cams 101a, 101b respectively controlling switches 120, 118 causes the armature 62a and field coil 62c connections to be reversed to determine the direction of rotation of the motor. In another position of these switches, they short out the armature 62a to produce a braking effect on the motor.