Rolling mill structures

Claim 1

A ROLLING MILL COMPRISING A HOUSING, A PAIR OF WORK ROLLS IN THE HOUSING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A PASS LINE, SAID WORK ROLLS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE STRIP THEREBETWEEN AND EXERT A WORKING FORCE TRANSVERSELY TO THE PATH THEREOF, JOURNALS FOR EACH END OF THE WORK ROLLS, A BACKUP ROLL JOURNALED IN THE HOUSING ADJACENT EACH WORK ROLL AND BEARING ON SAID ADJACENT WORK ROLL, PRESSURE MEANS AT THE ENDS OF EACH OF SAID WORK ROLLS ACTING ON AND MOVING THE JOURNALS OF SAID WORK ROLLS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PATH OF THE STRIP TO CAUSE THE ENDS OF SAID WORK ROLLS TO MOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER SO AS TO CAUSE A PORTION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF TO ENGAGE A STRIP BEING ROLLED AS A FULCRUM AND TO BEND SAID WORK ROLLS ABOUT SAID FULCRUM TO PROVIDE A DESIRED STRIP CONTOUR, AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE MEANS IN THE VERTICAL SYSTEM MADE UP OF THE JOURNALS OF THE WORK ROLLS AND BACKUP ROLLS SENSITIVE TO THE OVERALL PRESSURE ON THE ROLL JOURNALS AND ACTING ON THE PRESSURE MEANS AT THE ENDS OF EACH OF SAID WORK ROLLS TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT PRESSURE AT SAID JOURNALS.