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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Nobuhiro Tazoe, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Iwanami, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Oki, Mishima, JP;
Kouiti Sakamoto, Ibaragi-ken, JP;
Toshihiro Mori, Kashima, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A rolled plate joining apparatus for joining rolled plates by cutting one surface of the tailing end of a preceding rolled plate and the other surface of the leading end of a succeeding rolled plate while traveling in the width direction and by overlapping the resulting cut surfaces to be joined. The joining apparatus includes machining apparatuses each having a cutter for cutting the undersurface of the tailing end and the upper surface of the leading end, a traversing apparatus for running said machining apparatuses in the plate width direction to move said machining apparatuses to waiting positions outside of the plate width, and cutter cooling apparatuses provided in said waiting positions for cooling said cutters.