Apparatus for mechanical descaling of steel wire
AssigneeFlexiblast Company
InventorsHarry S. Price, III, Frank W. Brooks
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Abstract
Metal wire is descaled by passing it through a series of rollers which bends the wire and causes the scale to loosen and fall off. Two sets of rollers are positioned in planes 90.degree. to each other, through which the wire passes to bend it in different directions. The rollers are pivoted between a wire feed through position and a wire bending position, with the wire bending position being predetermined in relation to the diameter of the wire being descaled. A cam and follower arrangement is provided which upon movement of a center roller causes the breaker rollers to be positioned in the proper location for bending the size of wire being fed through the apparatus.
Claims18
An apparatus for descaling steel wire, comprising:
- a housing through which wire to be descaled can pass;
- a first set of rollers mounted for rotation within the housing and about which wire to be descaled passes and is bent in a first plane;
- a second set of rollers mounted for rotation within the housing and disposed downstream in the direction of movement of the wire from the first set of rollers and about which the wire is bent in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane;
- each set of rollers having two pairs of breaker rollers and a center roller disposed between the pairs of breaker rollers;
- means mounting the pairs of rollers on opposite sides of the wire for pivotal movement about an axis perpendicular to the wire;
- means for pivoting the means mounting the pairs of rollers into predetermined positions relative to the diameter of the wire for bending the wire a predetermined amount;
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- means mounting the center rollers for movement between a position out of engagement with the wire and an adjustable position engaging the wire and bending it a predetermined amount in relation to the diameter of the wire.
In an apparatus for the mechanical descaling of steel wire, including a first set of rollers about which wire to be descaled passes and is bent in a first plane, a second set of rollers disposed downstream in the direction of movement of the wire from the first set of rollers and about which the wire passes and is bent in a plane perpendicular to the first plane, each set of rollers including a center roller movable between a position out of engagement with the wire into a position engaging and bending the wire a predetermined amount, wherein the improvement comprises:
- each set of rollers having two pairs of breaker rollers disposed on opposite sides of the center roller;
- means mounting the pairs of rollers on opposite sides of the wire for pivotal movement about an axis perpendicular to the wire;
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- means for pivoting the means mounting the pairs of rollers into predetermined positions relative to the diameter of the wire for bending the wire a predetermined amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.