Billet turning mechanism
AssigneeWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc.
InventorFrank Kvasnicka
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Abstract
Apparatus for turning an elongated billet on a mill table about its longitudinal axis without displacing it laterally of the table comprises a U-shaped billet rotating head mounted on a car movable below the mill table transversely thereof. Means are provided for simultaneously rotating the billet-turning head and moving the car in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the billet rotating head.
Claims14
Apparatus for turning a billet in place on a mill table about its longitudinal axis comprising a car mounted for movement below the mill table transversely thereof, a U-shaped billet-turning head mounted on the car normal thereto for rotation about an axis crosswise of the car at the bottom of the U, and single means connected with the billet-turning head and with the car for rotating the billet-turning head with respect to the car from an upright position to a sideways position and simultaneously moving the car in the direction opposite the direction of rotation of the billet-turning head, whereby the billet is rotated without being translated laterally with respect to the mill table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.