Counterbalanced roller for paper machines

US4235124A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• J.M. Voith GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Banzhaf · Heidenheim, DE
• Robert DIETRICH · Heidenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 1977
• Grant date: Nov 25, 1980
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/211
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A roller for a paper machine, including: a tube passing axially through the shell of the roller; a respective holder for each of a plurality of counterbalancing weights; the holders being annularly spaced around the tube; a spring pushing each holder around the respective weight supported thereon toward the inside surface of the roller shell.