Squeeze roll adapted to adjust widthwise distribution of pressure on cloth being treated

A squeeze roll adapted to adjust the widthwise distribution of pressure, comprising a support shaft journaled at its opposite ends having a shaft axis with ends, a cylindrical tube coaxially fixed to said support shaft at the central portion thereof having a tube axis with ends, conical pistons having conical heads and rotatably and slidably mounted on opposite ends of said shaft, interior conical guide members formed on the inner surface of said cylindrical tube at the opposite ends thereof and adapted to be contacted with the conical heads of said pistons, and thrust means mounted on the opposite ends of said support shaft for imparting an axially adjustable force to said pistons, the arrangement being such that said shaft axis ends are offset from said tube axis ends and the pressure of contact between said conical heads and said conical guide members is adjustable whereby said conical pistons eccentrically load said guide members, thereby bending said tube.