Rolling mill structure

Claim 1

ROLLING MILL STRUCTURE INCLUDING TWO WORKING ROLLS, ONE OF SAID ROLLS BEING DISPOSED ABOVE AND THE OTHER DISPOSED BELOW THE ROLLING PLANE, TWO PAIRS OF HORIZONTALLY SPACED INTERMEDIATE ROLLS FREELY MOVABLE RADIALLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS, ONE PAIR ENGAGING ONE WORKING ROLL AND THE OTHER PAIR ENGAGING THE OTHER WORKING ROLL TO SUPPORT AND DRIVE THE SAME, CENTER ROLLS POSITIVELY GUIDED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT ONLY IN THE PLANE OF SAID WORKING ROLLS AND ENGAGING EACH PAIR OF SAID INTERMEDIATE ROLLS SAID CENTERS ROLLS BEING MOVABLE VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER ROLLS, SUPPORTING ROLLS DISPOSED IN THE PLANE OF SAID WORKING ROLLS AND ENGAGING EACH OF SAID CENTER ROLLS AND A PAIR OF POSITIVELY DRIVEN HORZONTALLY SPACED BACKING ROLLS OF RELATIVELY LARGE DIAMETER WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER ROLLS, SAID BACKING ROLLS ENGAGING SAID INTERMEDIATE ROLL AND SAID SUPPORTING ROLLS TO SUPPORT AND DRIVE THE SAME AND THEREBY DRIVE AND WORKING ROLL, THE AXES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE ROLLS BEING DISPOSED INWARDLY OF LINES BETWEEN THE AXES OF SAID WORKING ROLLS AND THE AXES OF THE RESPECTIVE BACKING ROLLS, WHEREBY SAID INTERMEDIATE ROLLS AND MAINTAINED IN OPERATIVE POSITION, THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN ALL OF SAID ROLLS BEING FRICTIONAL ONLY, WHEREBY TORQUE IS TRANSMITTED FROM ANY OF SAID ROLLS TO AN ENGAGING ROLL SOLELY BY FRICTION.