Patent ID: 7011264
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: B21C

Abstract:
1. A laying head for forming a longitudinally moving hot rolled product into a helix, said laying head comprising: a tubular quill having a central axis of rotation and an interior surface surrounding a passageway extending along said axis and through said quill from a first end to an opposite second end having a peripheral end edge, said interior surface having a cylindrical section leading from said first end to a radially outwardly flared section which in turn leads to said second end; a laying pipe received in said passageway, said laying pipe having an entry end aligned with said axis at the first end of said passageway, and having a curved intermediate portion surrounded by the flared section of the interior quill surface, said laying pipe projecting axially from the second end of said passageway to a delivery end spaced radially from said axis; first support means at the first end of said passageway for radially supporting the entry end of said laying pipe; and second support means for supporting the curved intermediate portion of said laying pipe, said second support means projecting axially into said passageway from the peripheral end edge of said second end.