Patent ID: 6928753

Claim:
Device for keeping cold-rolled strip dry in the outlet of strip rolling mills with means for deflecting liquid rolling media in the area of the strip outlet and/or for keeping away liquid spraying onto the surfaces ( 30 , 30 ′) of the strip, wherein these means, which may be combined into a functional unit, comprise permanently installed partitions ( 1 , 2 ) and movable partitions located above and below the rolled strip ( 10 ), a roll barrel blowing device, a roll barrel gap seal and a vapor exhaust system, wherein (a) an upper strip deflector ( 3 ) arranged above the rolled strip ( 10 ) with integrated fan-driven strip blowing ( 4 ) by means of a low-pressure nozzle ( 7 ) and with an upper roll barrel gap seal ( 5 ) in the form of a slotted nozzle ( 6 ), and (b) a separate exhaust device ( 16 ) arranged below the rolled strip ( 10 ) with an integrated lower strip deflector ( 17 ).