Patent ID: 7621388

Claim:
A roll, comprising: a roll shaft and two axially spaced-apart stop rings, one of which is fixed and the other one is a lock nut, a plurality of other rings in the form of roll or spacer rings or both being mounted between the stop rings; at least one spring delimited by two axially spaced-apart ends, wherein, in a front end of the spring, at least one first slot opens which extends towards the rear end without reaching the rear end, and which separates two forward-facing laminae having ring-shaped end surfaces, which in the rear end, at least one second slot opens which extends towards the front end without reaching the front end, and which separates two rearward-facing laminae having ring-shaped end surfaces, and that at each one of said ends of the spring body, an end surface protrudes axially in relation to the end surface of an adjacent lamina, the protruding end surfaces at the opposite ends of the spring being pressed against end surfaces of adjacent rings.