Patent ID: 8024949
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: B21B,B21C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for decelerating and temporarily accumulating a hot rolled product moving longitudinally along a first axis at a first velocity V 1 , said apparatus comprising: a curved guide having an entry end aligned with said first axis to receive said product, and having an exit end spaced radially from said first axis and orientated to deliver said product in an exit direction transverse to said first axis, said curved guide being rotatable about said first axis in a direction opposite to said exit direction and at a speed at which said exit end has a second velocity V a cylindrical drum arranged to axially receive said helical formation of rings, said drum being rotatable about said first axis, in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said curved guide and at a speed such that said product is unwound from said drum at said third velocity; receiving means movable along a path parallel to said first axis for receiving the product being unwound from said drum; a shroud configured to partially encircle said drum; and rotatable interior rollers circumferentially spaced around the interior of said shroud said interior rollers being spaced radially from the surface of said drum and extending in parallel relationship with said first axis.