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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rüdiger Grimmel, Netphen, DE;
Karl Keller, Hilchenbach, DE;
Assignee:
SMS Demag AG, Düsseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21C 4/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21C 4/710 ;
Abstract
A laying head for a rapidly movable wire rod and including a carrying sleeve located in the support housing of the laying head for receiving a wire entrance section of a laying pipe and supported by two, spaced from each other bearings, a pipe holder projecting past an end surface of the carrying sleeve remote from a carrying sleeve section that receives the wire entrance section of the laying pipe for supporting a wire laying section of the laying pipe; and a pressing device located in the support housing for applying a radial pressure to a section of the carrying sleeve located between the two bearings.