Roller mill, particularly roll press or roll jaw crusher

A roller mill for receiving stock between rolls, comprising in combination:

• a pair of rotatably supported rolls adapted to be driven in opposite directions with their upper surfaces moving toward each other for receiving stock in the nip therebetween in a pressing operation;
• a vertical chute extending downwardly toward the nip and positioned for directing stock downwardly into the nip;
• rigid supporting arms extending downwardly from sides of the vertical chute;
• face plates having vertical planar surfaces at ends of the nip for defining said ends and confining material drawn into the nip from the chute;
• a pivotal mount for each of said plates for supporting the plates on the chute;
• a wear resistant lining on an inner surface of each of the face plates;
• a lower extension plate mounted at each lower end of the face plates and facing the center of the nip;
• means for adjusting the location of the lower end of each of the face plates and for removably mounting the lower extension plates on the face plates;
• and
• coil compression springs for each face plate between said rigid supporting arms and each face plate to separately resiliently urge the face plates toward the nip, said springs being triangularly arranged for each face plate with a lower spring facing the nip and two upper springs being spaced apart.