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(11) EP 0 199 017 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.04.1987 Bulletin 1987/15

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.10.1986 Bulletin 1986/44

(21) Application number: 86102412

(22) Date of filing: 25.02.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 08.03.1985 GB 8506119

(71) Applicant: British Steel Corporation
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(72) Inventors:
  • Fletcher, Leslie Alfred
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  • Sherriff, John Cooper
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  • Wynne, Douglas Clifford
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(54) Tension levelling strip material


(57) A tension leveller for strip material in which co-operating rolls (3a, 3b) on either side of the strip are parallel faced over a major part of their length and tapered at one end, the tapers lying at opposite ends to one another and the rolls being movable along their axes whereby the mutually parallel faces presented to the strip extend over a width variable in dependence on said movement.






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