Patent ID: 8012407
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use in cooling a hot rolled product in a rolling mill said apparatus comprising: a plurality of nozzles arranged sequentially along a first axis, said nozzles being subdivided into base and top sections, with said top sections being adjustable between closed positions and open positions, said top sections when in said closed positions coacting with said base sections to define tubular enclosures through which said product is directed; a clamp support common to the plurality of nozzles and extending in parallel relationship to said first axis; clamp members carried by said clamp support; an operating assembly adapted to adjust said clamp support between an open setting at which said clamp members are separated simultaneously from said top sections to accommodate adjustment of said top sections to said open positions, and a closed setting at which said top sections are in said closed positions and said clamp members are applied simultaneously to contact and urge said top sections into said closed positions; and a supply assembly for providing a liquid coolant to said nozzles.