Plate transfer grid for cooling bed

An insert for a cooling bed plate transfer grid having a plurality of elongate parallel first members and a plurality of elongate second members extending cross-wise to the first members for support thereof and defining therewith a plurality of pockets, the insert comprising roller means and means for supporting said roller means in one of the pockets to project above the first and second members for engaging plates as they are moved along the grid, wherein said support means comprises a pair of plates having end portions, a member sandwiched between and rigidly attached to said plates at respectively opposite ones of said end portions to define an opening between said plates and said sandwiched members, said roller means comprising axis means extending across the opening and mounted in said plates and a roller in the opening and mounted on said axis means.

A plate transfer grid for a cooling bed comprising a plurality of elongate parallel first members, a plurality of elongate second members extending cross-wise to said first members and defining therewith a plurality of pockets, at least one insert removably and replaceably mounted in one of said pockets, said insert comprising roller means and means for supporting said roller means in one of the pockets to project above the first and second members for engaging plates as they are moved along the grid, wherein the second members have lower flanges, the insert having a pair of end portions and including means for clamping the insert at said end portions to respective second member flanges.

A plate transfer grid for a cooling bed comprising a plurality of elongate parallel first members, a plurality of elongate second members extending cross-wise to said first members and defining therewith a plurality of pockets, at least one insert removably and replaceably mounted in one of said pockets, said insert comprising roller means and means for supporting said roller means in one of the pockets to project above the first and second members for engaging plates as they are moved along the grid, wherein said insert includes a pair of portions which overlie said second members and means for clamping said insert at said pair of portions to said respective second members.

A method for fitting a cooling bed plate transfer grid having a plurality of elongate parallel first members and a plurality of elongate second members extending cross-wise to the first members and defining therewith a plurality of pockets, the method comprising removably and replaceably mounting in at least one of the pockets an insert having a roller projecting above the first and second members for engaging plates as they are moved along the grid and further comprising clamping each end portion of the insert to the lower flange of a respective one of the second members.