Arrangement in a variable-crown roll provided with loading shoes

Claim 2

An arrangement of equipment in connection with a variable-crown roll provided with loading shoes for the prevention of foaming of fluid, characterized in that the arrangement of equipment comprises a separate guide ( 13 ) and therein a face ( 13 a ) that guides the fluid smoothly away from the inner face ( 11 ′) of the roll mantle ( 11 ) and into a collecting trough ( 19 ), in which arrangement of equipment the guide ( 13 ) has been fitted separate from the loading shoes ( 20 ).

Claim 3

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the guide ( 13 ) comprises a curved face ( 13 a ), by whose means the fluid is guided smoothly apart from the inner face of the roll mantle to fall further into the fluid collecting trough ( 19 ), and that the guide ( 13 ) extends substantially over the entire length of the roll ( 11 ) and consists of one or several separate parts.

Claim 4

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that, between the guide ( 13 ) and the stationary axle ( 12 ), there is a separate actuator ( 15 ; 22 ; 220 ).

Claim 5

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that the stationary axle ( 12 ) includes a piston device ( 16 , 17 ), by whose means the guide ( 13 ) is pressed into contact with the inner face ( 11 ′) of the roll mantle.

Claim 6

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that the fluid space ( 17 ) of the piston device has been formed into the stationary axle ( 12 ), and the piston ( 16 ) has been fitted into said fluid space ( 17 ), and further the piston ( 16 ) is coupled with the guide ( 13 ).

Claim 7

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that there is a separate spring ( 22 ; 220 ), by whose means the guide ( 13 ) is pressed into contact with the inner face ( 11 ′) of the roll mantle.

Claim 8

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that the spring ( 22 , 24 ) has been fitted around the spindle ( 21 , 25 ), which spindle ( 21 , 25 ) is fitted by means of a glide fitting in the hole (n) in the stationary axle ( 12 ) or in the loading shoe ( 20 ), in which connection the spindle ( 21 , 25 ) can be displaced in a way similar to a slide, and in which connection the spring ( 22 , 24 ), when it acts between the guide ( 13 ) and the stationary axle ( 12 ) or between the guide ( 13 ) and the loading shoe ( 20 ), presses the guide ( 13 ) into contact with the inner face ( 11 ′) of the roll mantle.

Claim 9

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in the preceding claim, characterized in that the spindle ( 21 ) has been fitted in connection with the side face of the displaceable loading shoe ( 20 ), in which connection the guide ( 13 ) coupled with the spindle ( 21 ) always follows the deformations of the roll mantle produced by the loading shoe ( 20 ).

Claim 10

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the guide ( 13 ) includes a through opening ( 23 ), in which case the guide ( 13 ) can also be fitted in such press positions in which the loading shoes ( 20 ) in the roll ( 11 ) are placed in a lower position, and in which case, by means of the guide ( 13 ), the fluid is first guided apart from the inner face ( 11 ′) of the roll mantle and further, through the opening ( 23 ) passing through the guide, to fall by the effect of gravity into the collecting trough ( 19 ) placed underneath.

Claim 11

An arrangement of equipment as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the guide ( 13 ) is a rib-like part which doctors the fluid and which has been fitted substantially over the entire length of the roll, and that there are several loading means acting upon the guide, such as springs ( 22 ) or pistons ( 16 ), fitted across the length of the roll ( 11 ).

Claim 12

An arrangement in a variable-crown roll having loading shoes, a stationary axle from which the loading shoes project and bearing means supporting the roll from an inner face of a roll mantle, the arrangement comprising: a fluid guide structured and arranged in connection with the inner face of the roll mantle, said fluid guide having a face portion thereon, a trough located substantially beneath said fluid guide, said face portion of said fluid guide structured and arranged to guide a fluid away from the inner face of the roll mantle and into said trough.

Claim 13

An arrangement in a variable-crown roll having loading shoes, a stationary axle from which the loading shoes project and bearing means supporting the roll from an inner face of a roll mantle, the arrangement comprising: a fluid guide structured and arranged in connection with the inner face of the roll mantle, said fluid guide having a face portion thereon, a trough located substantially beneath said fluid guide, said face portion of said fluid guide structured and arranged to guide a fluid away from the inner face of the roll mantle and into said trough.

Claim 14

The arrangement according to claim 11 wherein said guide extends substantially over the entire length of the roll and wherein said face of said fluid guide is curved.

Claim 15

The arrangement according to claim 11 further comprising loading means for pressing said fluid guide against the inner face of the roll mantle.

Claim 16

The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein said fluid guide is supported by the stationary axle.

Claim 17

The arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein said loading means comprise a piston device having a fluid space and a piston part, said fluid space located within the stationary axle and said piston part coupled to said fluid guide wherein said fluid guide is pressed against the inner face of the roll mantle upon the introduction of a pressurized fluid into said fluid space.

Claim 18

The arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein said loading means comprise a spindle and a spring fitted thereon, said spindle coupled to said fluid guide.

Claim 19

The arrangement according to claim 16 , wherein said spindle is coupled to the stationary axle.

Claim 20

The arrangement according to claim 16 , wherein said spindle is coupled to the loading shoe.

Claim 21

The arrangement according to claim 18 , wherein said spindle is structured and arranged in connection with the loading shoe and said fluid guide wherein said fluid guide substantially follows deformations in the roll mantle produced by the loading shoe.

Claim 22

The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein said fluid guide further comprises a central flow opening wherein the fluid is first guided apart from the inner face of the roll mantle and through the central flow opening passing through said fluid guide and directly into said trough.