Patent ID: 9433985
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: B21B

Claim Text:
1. A feed roll and stripper assembly for a rolling mill, the assembly comprising: a pair of work rolls defining an entry side and an exit side for a material to be rolled; at least one feed roll at said entry side and at least one feed roll at said exit side; and a stripper at said entry side and a stripper at said exit side, each of said strippers having a respective stripper tip; a feed roll assembly on which said strippers are mounted; a feed roll support, said feed roll assembly being displaceably mounted on said feed roll support; at least one of said strippers and said feed rolls configured to have an adjustable vertical separation from one of said work rolls, according to a direction of movement of the material through said work rolls; said vertical separation of said at least one of said strippers and said feed rolls from said of said work rolls on one of said entry or exit side being different from said vertical separation of the other of said at least one of said strippers and said feed rolls on the other of said entry or exit side; and each of said stripper tips having a separation from said one of said work rolls.