Patent ID: 7134388

Claim:
A calender for a sheet of paper comprising: a metal roll which is rotated by a first driving unit; a rotatable cylindrical jacket disposed opposite said metal roll to form a calender nip so that the sheet of paper is continuously passed through said calender nip; a pressurizing shoe, provided within said jacket at the position of said calender nip, for pressing the interior surface of said jacket radially outward to pressurize said calender nip; and a plurality of support members disposed inside said jacket so that they are equally balanced in a peripheral direction of said jacket; wherein one of said support members includes a rotatable roll; and a driving roll arranged at a position opposite to said rotatable roll to press said jacket therebetween, wherein said driving roll is arranged on an outer surface ofsaidjacket and said driving roll is pressed against said jacket to rotate said jacket; and said rotatable roll comprises a plurality of divided type rolls divided in an axial direction.