Patent ID: 6612228
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: D21G,Y10T

Abstract:
A calender comprising:a supporting frame; an auxiliary frame fixedly attached to a vertical portion of the supporting frame; wherein said vertical portion of said supporting frame includes two lateral sides; a set of rolls coupled to said auxiliary frame so as to form a stack of rolls in which adjacent rolls are placed one above another and form calendering nips therebetween, the stack including a top roll, a bottom roll and a plurality of intermediate rolls between the top roll and the bottom roll; a plurality of arms, each one of said arms having a first end attached to one of said intermediate rolls and a second end pivotably attached to said auxiliary frame; and wherein the auxiliary frame is a singular integral structure having a U-shaped profile, said integral structure having a base portion and two side portions extending along the opposite lateral sides of the vertical portion of the supporting frame, each one of said two side portions having an inner face that is arranged in face to face relationship with an outer surface of a respective one of said lateral sides of said vertical portion of the supporting frame.