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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Thomas, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tippins Incorporated, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B / ; B21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72238 ; 72237 ; 72248 ;
Abstract
A rolling mill of the present invention includes a mill stand formed by two spaced apart housings. The housings are configured to rotatably hold one of at least two sets of rolls. A hold-down assembly is coupled to the housings. The hold-down assembly includes at least a first pair of hold-down screws and a second pair of hold-down screws. The distance between the screws of the first pair of hold-down screws is less than the distance between the screws of the second pair of hold-down screws. Each pair of hold-down screws is selectively adapted to substantially align with the bearing chocks of an adjacent roll of one of the sets of rolls in the mill stand.