Patents Assigned to Usinor Chatillon
  • Guidance device for material in strip form, especially for a sheet metal treatment plant
    Patent number: 4779782
    Abstract: Guidance device for material traveling in strip form, especially for a sheet metal treatment plant, which includes a guidance roller (13) over which the strip (20) passes. This roller is carried by a movable structure (10) itself mounted on a fixed structure (1), so as to be capable of oscillating around an axis (Y--Y) contained in a median plane at right angles to the axis (X--X) of the roller, tangent to this roller and forming an angle of between 5.degree. and 30.degree. with the upstream length (21) of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Usinor Chatillon
    Inventors: Jean Ricoux, Jacques Nesme, Michel Pabiou