Table roll with means for removing longitudinal curvature

Claim 1

A ROLL COMPRISING A TUBULAR SUPPORT HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY UNIFORM AND SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL CROSSSECTION, MEANS MOUNTING SAID SUPPORT HORIZONTALLY, A PAIR OF AXIALLY-SPACED ANNULAR SPOOLS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ABOUT SAID SUPPORT, AN ANNULAR SLEEVE RECEIVED ABOUT SAID PAIR OF SPOOLS FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, FIRST AND SECOND BEARINGS EACH MOUNTING ONE OF SAID SPOOLS ON SAID SUPPORT, A THIRD BEARING SUPPORTING THE AXIALLY-CONFRONTING ENDS OF BOTH OF SAID SPOOLS ON SAID SUPPORT, SAID SPOOLS BEING OF CONTINUOUS AND UNITERRUPTERED CROSS SECTION OVER THEIR FULL LENGTHS TO SUPPORT SAID SLEEVE AGAINST TRANSVERSE SAGGING INTERMEDIATE SAID BEARINGS, SAID BEARINGS BEING ADAPTED TO MOUNT SAID SPOOLS AND SAID SLEEVE FOR ROTATION ABOUT A RECTILINEAR AXIS, A ROD EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY AND INTERIORLY THROUGH SAID SUPPORT ECCENTRICALLY OF SAID AXIS, SAID SUPPORT BEING SUBJECT TO LONGITUDINAL CURVATURE SUCH THAT THE CENTERS OF SAID BEARINGS LIE ALONG A CURVED LINE IN A PLANE OF CURVATURE DEFINED BY THE CENTERS OF SAID BEARINGS, SAID ROD BEING POSITIONED IN SAID SUPPORT TO LIE ALONG SAID PLANE OF CURVATURE, THE END PORTIONS OF SAID SUPPORT BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR TENSIONING SAID ROD AND APPLYING THE COMPRESSIONAL REACTION ECCENTRICALLY TO SAID SUPPORT TO ALIGN THE CENTERS OF SAID BEARINGS ON SAID AXIS.