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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1997
T Michael Shore, Princeton, MA (US);
Raymond R Starvaski, Worcester, MA (US);
Melicher Puchovsky, Dudley, MA (US);
Morgan Construction Company, Worcester, MA (US);
Abstract
In a rolling mill, a reforming chamber is positioned to receive rings of hot rolled steel rod descending along a vertical path from the delivery end of a conveyor onto a support on an underlying carrier. The carrier has an upstanding stem around which the rings accumulate to form a cylindrical coil. First, interceptor elements operate above the carrier to interrupt the descent of rings, and second interceptor elements supported on the carrier beneath the first interceptor elements operate to subdivide the coil being formed around the stem into upper and lower segments, with a gap therebetween occupied by the second intercepting elements.