Patent ID: 6261369
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: C23C,Y10S

Abstract:
Roll apparatus for use within a bath of molten metal, in which a moving metal strip, under tension, is passed down into the bath of molten metal, and reverses direction by passing around a roll, the strip having a width, said apparatus comprising:a first support arm, and a second support arm spaced from the first support arm a distance greater than the width of the moving metal strip, the first and second support arms having lower portions thereof disposed in the bath of molten metal, and having a pair of openings aligned along an axis;a strip-engaging roll having an axial bore and a length at least as great as the width of the moving metal strip, disposed between the lower portions of the support arms for rotation about said axis;a shaft telescopically received in the roll and having a first end disposed in a first of said aligned openings, and a second end disposed in the other of said aligned openings; andstructure carried on at least one of said arms engaging the shaft such that the shaft is axially moveable in said aligned openings, but non-rotatable with respect to the arms.