Calender stacks having transverse pressure sensing and adjustment means

Claim 1

IN A MULTIPLE ROLL STACK COMPRISING ONE ROLL INTERMEDIATE TWO OTHER ROLLS AND FORMING A PRESSURE NIP WITH EACH THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING ONE OF SAID ROLLS TO CAUSE ROTATION OF ALL THEREOF, THE COMBINATION OF FRAME MEANS SUPPORTING BOTH OF SAID OTHER ROLLS WITH THEIR AXES IN SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED RELATION DEFINING A PLANE, ADJUSTABLE MEANS SUPPORTING SAID INTERMEDIATE ROLL FOR MOVEMENT GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PLANE, MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE THRUST FORCES ON SAID INTERMEDIATE ROLL DIRECTED GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PLANE DERIVING FROM THE PRESSURE AND TORQUE APPLIED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE ROLL UNDER THE OPERATING CONDITIONS OF SAID STACK, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID ADJUSTABLE MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID DETERMINING MEANS TO EFFECT SUBSTANTIAL NEUTRALIZATION OF SAID THRUST FORCES.