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US 6,280,087 B1Granted
Hydrostatic bearing for a steel mill guide
OwnerMario Fabrisinventor
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A guide for a high speed steel rolling mill comprises two rolling members, between which the work product passes mounted for rotation on a base member. Each roller has a frusto-conically shaped bearing recess formed therein and each guide roller is mounted on a mating, frusto-conically shaped projection which protrudes from the base member. Each of the projections has a central oil duct which serves to feed a lubricating oil under pressure into the frusto-conically shaped space between the roller and its mating projection. The lubricating oil serves to form a film between the stationary projection and the rotating guide roller. Because of the conically shaped mating surface, the lubricating oil tends to “lift” the guide roller from the surface of the supporting base. Each rolling member is provided with a vane structure to permit the rolling member to be prespun by the impingement of a cooling fluid on the vane surface thereof.
A roller for a steel mill guide having the general shape of a hockey puck,
A bearing pin for a roller of a steel mill guide comprising an elongated member having an exterior shape of a surface of revolution comprising a base portion suitable for mounting in a steel mill guide, and
A guide for a steel mill comprising a housing for mounting a pair of guide rollers in a predetermined orientation within said housing,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.