Patent ID: 7168546
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B21B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A roller insert for a cooling bed plate transfer grid having a plurality of elongate parallel members for effecting movement of plates being cooled, the insert comprising a roller, an axle for said roller, a pair of bearing blocks, said bearing blocks shaped to be received in a pair of cutouts respectively in upper edges of a pair of the parallel members with said roller received between and projecting above the parallel members for engaging the plates as they are moved along the grid, each of said bearing blocks having an aperture, the insert further comprising a bearing in each of said bearing block apertures for rotatably receiving said axle, said axle being rotatably received in said bearings of both said bearing blocks, each of said bearing blocks having a geometric center in a plane normal to said axle, each of said bearing block apertures having a geometric center in a plane normal to said axle, wherein said center of each of said bearing block apertures is offset from said center of said respective bearing block to thereby adjust height of said roller by removing each of said bearing blocks from the respective cutout and rotating and re-inserting each of said bearing blocks in the respective cutout.