Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341096 | Method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, and plate or strip produced in this way The invention relates to a method for processing a continuously cast metal slab or strip, in which the slab or strip is passed between a set of rotating rolls of a rolling mill stand in order to roll the slab or strip. According to the invention, the rolls of the ro... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7086264 | Combined drive for a four-or-six-high rolling stand and an operating method for the same A roll stand has upper and lower rotatable working rolls defining a nip that pinches a workpiece strip and upper and lower vertically spaced rotatable backing rolls vertically flanking and engaging the working rolls. A drive includes a motor, upper and lower backing... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6237386 | Progressive wire forming system A process for progressive wire formation is disclosed, comprising rotating a primary roller having a circumferential forming groove configured to receive a wire to be formed. A first stage roller having a circumferential forming groove configured to recei... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5558018 | Support frame for nip rollers A frame structure for calenders in a paper machine in which two vertical legs are horizontally connected to one another. The calender rolls are mounted, one above the other, between the vertical legs so that the upper roller is fixed vertically while the ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 4843855 | Multi-pass rolling method and multi-path rolling-mill stand for carrying out said method A multi-pass rolling method and a multi-pass rolling-mill stand best adapted to carry out said multi-pass rolling method. In a rolling-mill stand having three or more work rolls arranged one above the other, a workpiece is simultaneously rolled at two or ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4781050 | Process and apparatus for producing high reduction in soft metal materials A process and apparatus for producing increased reductions in strip material, particularly soft metal strip materials, are disclosed. The process and apparatus utilize a rolling mill having at least two offset work rolls driven at a peripheral speed ratio... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4759205 | Multi-pass rolling method and multi-path rolling-mill stand for carrying out said method A multi-pass rolling method which permits a multi-pass rolling-mill stand to perform multi-path rolling and still stabilize the rolling operation by preventing lateral deviation movement of a metal workpiece being rolled. The rolling-mill stand has three ... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4735074 | One-pass type continuous multi-stage roll mill and rolling method A multi-stage roll mill for producing a lengthy continuous rolled sheet material by a one-pass operation, comprises a driven central working roll, and a plurality of peripheral working rolls arranged spaced apart and on the periphery of the central workin... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4665729 | Thickness control method and system for a single-stand/multi-pass rolling mill In a method and system for controlling a final thickness of a strip material being rolled in a single-stand/multi-pass rolling mill having an adjustable main parameter affecting the final thickness and one or more auxiliary parameters affecting an interme... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4597275 | Calender The calender comprises a predetermined number of rolls and at least one of the rolls, for example, the outer roll or the lowest roll of such predetermined number of rolls is structured as a tubular roll or controlled deflection roll comprising a stationar... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4478064 | Modifications to a cooperative rolling system for increasing _maximum attainable reduction per pass A process for rolling a metal strip for reducing its thickness and for increasing the maximum reduction attainable per pass using a cooperative type rolling mill comprises applying differential separating forces to the metal strip without changing the mag... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4382375 | Method of rolling metal strip Three or more work rolls are arranged substantially in line with each other so that the adjoining work rolls each form a roll pass between them. The work rolls are driven in such a way that the rolls closer to the exit end of the rolling mill stand rotate... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4329863 | Cooperative rolling process and apparatus A rolling mill apparatus and process comprise a plurality of rolls defining a plurality of roll bites defining a gap spacing between adjacent rolls. A fixed gap spacing is employed for at least one roll bite. A floating gap spacing is provided for at leas... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4291562 | Three roll tension stand Metal strip is made by heating a workpiece to an elevated temperature, wrapping it around a substantial arc of a first roll, positioning a second roll with respect to the first roll to provide a roll pass therewith at the exit end of the wrap, positioning... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4290353 | Roll for calenders or the like A roll which can be used in a calender to bear upon a web of textile material, paper or the like while the web travels between the peripheral surface of a floating shell of the roll and a counterroll. The shell surrounds a non-rotatable shaft which carrie... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4257252 | Method and mill for rolling metal strip The mill includes a stand on which at least three work rolls are mounted. At least two of the work rolls are secured in the roll housing chocks and provided with a drive means. The rolls rotate in opposite directions at different peripheral speeds increas... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4244203 | Cooperative rolling process and apparatus An apparatus and process for rolling metal strip to provide increased percentage reductions in the thickness of the strip per pass and increased total reduction between anneals. A 4-high rolling mill is modified so that it is back-up roll driven such that... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4218905 | Rolling mill A rolling mill is disclosed wherein at least two drive rolls are mounted for rotation within a frame, with each drive roll being rotatably supported by at least one backing roll and at least one working roll is mounted for rotation between the drive rolls... | 08/26/1980 |
