Patent ID: 7322221
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
1. In combination with a mill stand having upper and lower working rolls rotatable about respective parallel axes and normally pinching a workpiece strip passing horizontally between surfaces of the working rolls and respective upper and lower backing rolls bearing downward and upward on the upper and lower working rolls, a lubricating apparatus comprising: a supply of fluent lubricant spaced from the rolls; an immersion roller spaced from the working rolls, rotatable about an axis generally parallel to and offset from the working-roll axes, and partially immersed in the lubricant in the supply; an applicator member having a moving surface bearing on one of the working-roll surfaces and spaced from the immersion roller; a brush rotatable about an axis generally parallel to the immersion-roller and working-roll axes and having bristles out of direct contact with the applicator member and engaging the immersion roller; and means for rotating the immersion roller and applicator brush for lifting the lubricant from the supply with the immersion roller and transferring it to the bristles of the brush and for throwing the lubricant transferred to the bristles from the bristles onto the applicator member, whereby the lubricant is transferred from the applicator member to the working rolls by direct contact.