Abstract: A sealing structure for the clutch/bearing housing of a roller or roll, said housing comprising one or more outward gaps (5c), wherein the housing is provided with a guard ring (13) placed in the gap (5c) in a position parallel to the roller shell and/or with radial sealing parts (12) fitted against the bearings and/or against the wall of the clutch space, said sealing parts being provided with O-rings (14) or equivalent sealing parts of sealing material fitted at their edges, thus preventing grease and firt from getting from the clutch space onto the product itself and/or onto the shell of the roller or roll.

Abstract: The invention concerns a spreader roll (1) comprising a nonrotating, most advantageously bowed, roll axle (2) and a rotatingly in bearings on said roll axle mounted roll shell (3) that most advantageously is formed by a plurality of tubular roll segments (3a) connected to each other. According to the invention, the roll shell (3) is mounted on the roll axle (2) so that the inner race (5a) of the rolling bearing (5) is arranged to rotate with the roll shell (3).