Appeal No. 2000-0590 Page 5
Application No. 08/019,500
Soderberg discloses, inter alia, a roll mounting arrangement in which each of the
vertical rolls is fixedly mounted in a chuck (32). The opening in the chuck that faces the
space between the roll stand posts is closed by a removable cap 40 (Figure 6). As
explained on page 3, at line 11 et seq. and shown in Figure 2, the chuck is secured to a
cross-head (56), and adjustment of the position of the vertical rolls in the horizontal plane is
accomplished by moving the cross-head by means of a pair of flanking screw shafts (67)
which are far removed from the location of the roll itself. This differs in concept from the
appellant’s system, in which the adjusting mechanism is located within a recess in the
guide frame, immediately adjacent to the adapter (chuck) that holds the vertical roll, and
the vertical roll is moved with respect to the guide frame. With regard to claim 14, it is our
view that Soderberg fails to disclose a horizontal two-part guide frame having a recess in
which an adapter for receiving the vertical roll is positioned, with the guide frame
comprising an adapter support part and a crosshead located on the side of the roll stand
post remote from the space between the posts, a U-shaped abutment part located in the
recess for positioning the adapter in the recess, and a vertical screw-down or adjustment
system disposed in each crosshead, the U-shaped abutment part being disposed
between the adapter and the roll screw-down or adjustment system.
Bond discloses a system for adjusting the position of a vertical roll in the horizontal
direction which comprises a chuck (43; Figure 3) that holds the vertical roll. The chuck is
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