Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A mill for rolling metal strips, comprising: a stationary working stand having a housing; at least three work rolls mounted in said stand and cooperating successively through the strip being rolled, at least two of said rolls being secured in chocks placed in said housing of the working stand, the axis of a middle work roll being offset with respect to a plane passing through the axes of the extreme work rolls in the direction of entry of a first strip being rolled into a first pair of said work rolls, defined by said middle work roll and a first extreme work roll along the path of rolling, and of exit of said first strip from a second pair of work rolls, defined by said middle work roll and a second extreme work roll; drive means for rotating said work rolls in opposite directions at different peripheral speeds increasing along the path of rolling; a screw down for at least one of said work rolls; means for decoiling said first strip; means for coiling said first strip; at least two live extreme work rolls mounted in said housing symmetrically with said extreme work rolls with respect to said middle work roll and being rotated in the same direction as said extreme work rolls; means for decoiling a second strip to be rolled simultaneously with said first strip; and means for coiling said second strip.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
234 words
A mill for rolling metal strips, comprising: a stationary working stand having a housing; at least three work rolls mounted in said stand and cooperating successively through the strip being rolled, at least two of said rolls being secured in chocks placed in said housing of the working stand, the axis of a middle work roll being offset with respect to a plane passing through the axes of the extreme work rolls in the direction of entry of a first strip being rolled into a first pair of said work rolls, defined by said middle work roll and a first extreme work roll along the path of rolling, and of exit of said first strip from a second pair of work rolls, defined by said middle work roll and a second extreme work roll; drive means for rotating said work rolls in opposite directions at different peripheral speeds increasing along the path of rolling; a screw down for at least one of said work rolls; means for decoiling said first strip; means for coiling said first strip; at least two live extreme work rolls mounted in said housing symmetrically with said extreme work rolls with respect to said middle work roll and being rotated in the same direction as said extreme work rolls; means for decoiling a second strip to be rolled simultaneously with said first strip; and means for coiling said second strip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
A mill for rolling metal strips according to claim 1, wherein said means for decoiling said second strip is positioned on the same side of said working stand as said means for coiling said first strip; and said means for coiling said second strip is positioned on the same side of said working stand as said means for decoiling said first strip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
A mill for rolling metal strips according to claim 1, wherein said means for coiling said first strip is positioned on the same side of said working stand as said means for decoiling said first strip; and said means for coiling said second strip is positioned on the same side as said working stand as said means for decoiling said second strip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
112 words
A mill for rolling metal strips according to claim 2, whereon on said housing of the working stand at least one deflecting roll is mounted and located on the side of a respective extreme work roll or a respective live extreme work roll within a sector limited on one side by a tangent drawn to said middle work roll at its point of contact with said respective extreme work roll or said respective live extreme work roll and on the other side by a line drawn from the center of said middle work roll perpendicularly to a line connecting the axes of said extreme work rolls or said live extreme work rolls.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
A mill for rolling metal strips according to claim 2, further comprising at least one backup roll mounted in said housing and contacting a respective live extreme work roll or a respective extreme work roll, the axis of said backup roll being in a plane passing through the axes of said respective extreme work roll or said respective live work roll and said middle work roll.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
70 words
A mill for rolling metal strips according to claim 5, further comprising at least two backup rolls mounted in said housing and contacting said respective live extreme work roll or said respective extreme work roll, the axes of said backup rolls being in a plane perpendicular to a plane passing through the axes of said respective live extreme work roll or said extreme work roll and said middle work roll.