Curtain apparatus
OwnerJames N. Donnellyinventor
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Abstract
A curtain apparatus having a hood with a top plate in which one or more slots and/or openings are positioned, such as approximately parallel to each other. A fixed woven mesh metal curtain is mounted within one slot or opening so that the fixed woven mesh metal curtain remains in a fixed position with respect to the top plate, during operation of a descaler. A moveable woven mesh metal curtain can be mounted within the same or another slot or opening so that during operation of the descaler, the moveable woven mesh metal curtain translates along a longitudinal axis of the slot or the opening.
Claims11
In a milling apparatus having a guide arm which guides mill stock, and a top plate having an opening, a woven mesh metal curtain apparatus comprising:
- a mounting plate, a fixed woven mesh metal curtain, a bracket secured with respect to a top portion of said fixed woven mesh metal curtain, said bracket secured with respect to said mounting plate, in a mounted position of said fixed woven mesh metal curtain within the milling apparatus said mounting plate removably covering at least a portion of said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.