Patent ID: 8276423

Claim:
Edging mill for hot operation comprising a pair of rolls ( 3 , 4 ) arranged with their center axes ( 5 ) vertical and adjustable relative to each other, each of said pair of rolls being connected to a stationary rotary drive motor ( 8 ) by means of a cardan shaft ( 6 , 7 ), said stationary rotary drive motor ( 8 ) for the two rolls ( 3 , 4 ) being installed below a mill floor level ( 2 ) and being in drive connection with a pair of stationary transmissions ( 9 ), each of said pair of stationary transmissions ( 9 ) being connected with one of said cardan shafts ( 6 , 7 ), wherein movable deflector plates ( 24 , 25 ) are mounted on receivers ( 22 , 23 ) for the heads of the cardan shafts ( 6 , 7 ) and are movable together with the rolls ( 3 , 4 ), said deflector plates ( 24 , 25 ) hanging and extending downward from said receivers ( 22 , 23 ) and facing one another below said rolls ( 3 , 4 ) and between said cardan shafts ( 6 , 7 ) so as to protect said stationary transmissions ( 9 ) and said cardan shafts ( 6 , 7 ) from process waste materials falling from above.