Patent ID: 7134307

Claim:
A plate rolling mill comprising: a pair of work rolls that hold and press down a plate material therebetween; a plurality of backup rolls that prevent the work rolls from being deformed; and intermediate rolls each of which is disposed between the work roll and the backup roll so as to be shiftable to a plurality of shifted positions in axial directions thereof, characterized in that each of the intermediate rolls comprises: a contact roll portion that contacts with the backup roll; and an extension barrel portion that is connected to an end of the contact roll portion, is disposable so that a fraction thereof faces the backup roll at at least one shifted position, and does not contact the backup roll at any shifted position, wherein the contact roll portion is formed to have a convex shape such that a convex center of the contact roll is positioned at a side of the extension barrel portion, and a diameter of each of the intermediate rolls changes in accordance with an axial distance from an axial end thereof in at least partial axial range thereof, and a ratio of an increase amount of the diameter to an increase amount of the axial distance discontinuously increases at a boundary where a position shifted by the axial distance from the axial end transfers from a position on the extension barrel portion to a position on the contact roll portion by increasing the axial distance.