Metal coated particles

Claim 1

A ROLLING MILL FOR PRODUCING COMPACTED SHAPES FROM METAL AND METAL COATED PARTICLES WHICH COMPRISES A PAIR OF ROTATABLE, OPPOSITELY POSITIONED ROLLS MOUNTED ON HORIZONTAL ROLL SHAFTS IN SPACED RELATION AND DEFINING A ROLL-GAP THEREBETWEEN, SAID ROLLS HAVING A NORMAL TENDENCY TO SHIFT AXIALLY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WHEN ROTATED UNDER LOAD, MEANS FOR CONFINING PARTICLES TO THE ROLL GAP WHICH COMPRISES TWO FLEXIBLE DISCS OF A RADIUS GREATER THAN THE RADIUS OF THE ROLLS BY AT LEAST THE WIDTH OF THE ROLL GAP, ONE OF SAID FLEXIBLE DISCS BEING MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE ROLLS AT THE END CORRESPONDING TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE ROLL WOULD NORMALLY TEND TO SHIFT AXIALLY AND THE OTHER DISC BEING MOUNTED AT THE OTHER END OF THE OTHER ROLL WHEREBY BINDING OF THE DISCS AGAINST THE OPPOSING FACES OF THE ROLLS IS AVOIDED, MEANS FOR PRESSING EACH DISC FIRMLY AGAINST THE OPPOSING FACES OF THE ENDS OF THE ROLLS DURING THEIR ROTATION FROM A POINT APPROACHING THE ROLL GAP TO A POINT BEYOND THE ROLL GAP, AND MEANS FOR FLEXING THE DISCS AWAY FROM THE OPPOSING FACES OF THE ENDS OF THE ROLLS AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE ROLL GAP.