Motor load distributing system for metal rolling mill

Claim 1

A CONTROL FOR A SELECTED LAST STAND AND A PLURALITY OF PRECEDING STANDS, ALL WITH AUTOMATIC GAUGE CONTROL, IN A METAL ROLLING MILL, COMPRISING, MEANS CONNECTED TO SENSE THE WORK ROLL DRIVE MOTOR LOAD OF EACH OF SAID STANDS TO PRODUCE A FIRST SIGNAL FOR EACH OF SAID PRECEDING STANDS WHEN THE MOTOR LOAD IS AT OR ABOVE A PRESET FIRST LEVEL AND TO PRODUCE A SECOND SIGNAL FOR EACH OF SAID STANDS WHEN THE LOAD IS AT OR ABOVE A PRESET SECOND LEVEL, FLIP-FLOP MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID PRECEDING STANDS CONNECTED TO BE SET BY SAID SECOND SIGNAL AND TO BE RESET BY THE COMPLEMENT OF SAID FIRST SIGNAL OF THE ASSOCIATED STAND, MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID PERCEDING STANDS CONNECTED TO RESPOND TO THE OUPUT OF THE FLIP-FLOP OF THE ASSOCIATED STAND AND THE COMPLEMENT OF THE SECOND SIGNAL OF THE NEXT STAND IN THE DIRECTION OF ROLLING TO PRODUCE A BINARY CONTROL SIGNAL, AND INTEGRATOR MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID PRECEDING STANDS CONNECTED TO RESPOND TO THE CONTROL SIGNAL OF THE ASSOCIATED STAND AND TO OPERATE ON THE AUTOMATIC GAUGE CONTROL TO REDUCE THE MOTOR LOAD AT THE ASSOCIATED STAND TO BELOW SAID FIRST LEVEL AFTER THE LOAD RISES TO THE SECOND LEVEL.