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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1991
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
In a crop shear apparatus disposed in a conveyance passage in which band steel is conveyed from a first rolling mill to a second rolling mill of hot rolling equipment, the crop shear apparatus including: at least one shear blade for shearing the band steel in a widthwise direction conveyed from the first rolling mill to the second rolling mill; and a supporting mechanism for movably supporting the at least one shear blades in the widthwise direction of the band steel, wherein the at least one shear blade is present in a non-linear manner along the widthwise direction of the band steel such that a projection quantity of the band steel in the conveyance direction at a sheared end portion can be adjusted when the band steel is sheared in a state where the blade has been moved in the widthwise direction of the band steel and the shear blade is formed into a non-mirror-symmetrical shape on two side portions of a portion which corresponds to the center in the widthwise direction of the band steel, a projection quantity in at least one of the sheared front and rear end portions of the band steel can be adjusted independently of a width of the band steel.