摘要 |
A rider roll structure is provided by a beam with at least a pair of rider rolls mounted thereon with adjacent ends of the rolls being mounted in a bearing assembly wherein shafts extending from each adjacent end of each roll are provided at their axial ends with a land and groove configuration so that the lands formed on one shaft are received in the grooves formed on the other and a resilient member is received within the grooves and is shaped so that it extends between mating land areas so that drive from one roll to the other is through the resilient member and the resilient member can accommodate slight angles between the axes of rotation of the rolls. A sleeve surrounds the shaft and the resilient member is keyed to this sleeve which in turn is mounted in a bearing that is mounted on the rider roll beam.
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