Patent ID: 7559883

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting a cross-directional device in a paper, board, or finishing machine, said machine having a frame, the apparatus comprising: an outer shell having two ends and an interior; an inner shell which extends within the outer shell, the inner shell having two ends, and an element on the inner shell engages the interior of the outer shell at at least one support point, but not continuously between the two ends of the outer shell, such that the outer shell, and the inner shell are arranged so that the outer shell, and the inner shell are capable of bending at least partly irrespective of each other; wherein the inner and outer shell define a beam having an axial line and a plane containing said line, the beam for the mounting thereto of the cross-directional device, wherein one of the outer shell and the inner shell is fixed by its ends to the frame by first mounts, and the other of the outer shell and the inner shell is mounted by second mounts to the frame structure to allow movements in the direction of loads applied to the beam, wherein the second mounts are configured such that said movements are constrained by the second mounts to lie in the plane containing the axial line, such that one shell deflects when the beam is loaded while the other shell remains essentially straight.