Patent ID: 6892561

Claim:
Apparatus for processing an elongated metal strip passing through said apparatus along a strip running direction, comprising, at least one uncoiling station, at least one strip processing station, at least one coiling station, wherein the strip processing station includes a strip-edge stretching station disposed between the uncoiling station and the coiling station for stretching the lateral edges of the strip, said strip-edge stretching station comprising at least two strip-edge stretching units each of which is disposed along and engages a lateral edge of said strip, each of said strip-edge stretching units comprising at least three strip-edge guide rollers, said strip-edge guide rollers being adjustable with respect to one another substantially perpendicularly to a plane of said strip, said strip-edge guide rollers being in the form of truncated cones, said strip-edge stretching units being arranged such that they can be displaced perpendicularly with respect to the strip running direction.