Patent ID: 8636632

Claim:
A sleeve roll comprising: a shaft core part having a dual tubular structure that includes a metallic roll inner tube, a metallic roll outer tube, and a thermal medium passage formed between said metallic roll inner tube and said metallic outer tube to allow a thermal medium to flow therethrough; a rubber roll having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface contacting an outward-facing surface of said shaft core part; a thin-walled tubular metal sleeve fitted on the outer surface of the rubber roll; a crosswise offset prevention device positioned between said shaft core part and said sleeve such that the sleeve is automatically repositioned to its original position for any offset of said sleeve in the horizontal direction; and a rotary offset absorption device positioned between said shaft core part and said sleeve such that any offset of said sleeve in the rotary direction of said sleeve relative to said shaft core part is absorbed, the rotary offset absorption device having a sleeve fixing collar mounted rotatably on a tubular support shaft formed on each end of said shaft core part, a rotary displacement plate facing against an end face of said shaft core part via a bearing, and a tension spring between the sleeve fixing collar and said rotary displacement plate, the tension spring fixed by bolts that are inserted through said sleeve fixing collar.