Patent ID: 7575544

Claim:
An oil recovery apparatus for a roll apparatus which includes a stationary support member, a roll mantle disposed around and rotated on a circumference of said support member, and a shoe supported on said support member for pressing said roll mantle in an outer circumferential direction from an inner circumference side, said shoe having a contact portion positioned at an upper portion inside said roll mantle, said contact portion being adapted to be in contact with said roll mantle, said oil recovery apparatus being provided for said roll apparatus for recovering oil inside said roll mantle, said oil recovery apparatus comprising: a first oil recovery pan extending in an axial direction of the roll mantle and provided below said contact portion, said first oil recovery pan being arranged on an upstream side in the direction of rotation of said roll mantle with respect to said contact portion for recovering the oil entrained inside said roll mantle upon rotation of said roll mantle; and an oil scattering preventing plate attached to an upstream side portion of the first oil recovery pan, the oil scattering preventing plate extending in the axial direction of the roll mantle, wherein an outer edge upper end portion of said oil scattering preventing plate extending to a position proximate to an inner circumferential face of said roll mantle within a range within which said outer edge upper end portion does not interfere with an oil film formed from the oil entrained inside said roll mantle.