Oil recovery apparatus for a roll apparatus
View Patent ↗An oil recovery apparatus for a roll apparatus by which oil inside a roll mantle can be recovered efficiently even when the roll mantle rotates at a high speed. The roll apparatus includes shoe ( 5 ) having a contact portion ( 7 ) positioned at an upper portion inside a roll mantle ( 4 ), and an oil recovery pan ( 8 ) for recovering oil ( 50 ) entrained inside the roll mantle ( 4 ) upon rotation of the roll mantle ( 4 ). The oil recovery pan is disposed below the contact portion ( 7 ) on an upstream side in the direction of rotation of the roll mantle ( 4 ) with respect to the contact portion ( 7 ). Further, an outer edge upper end portion ( 12 ) of the oil recovery pan ( 8 ) extends to a position proximate to the inner circumferential face of the roll mantle ( 4 ) within a range in which the outer edge upper end portion ( 12 ) does not interfere with an oil film formed from the oil ( 50 ) entrained inside the roll mantle ( 4 ).
1. An oil recovery apparatus for a roll apparatus which includes a stationary support member, a roll mantle disposed around and rotated on a circumference of said support member, and a shoe supported on said support member for pressing said roll mantle in an outer circumferential direction from an inner circumference side, said shoe having a contact portion positioned at an upper portion inside said roll mantle, said contact portion being adapted to be in contact with said roll mantle, said oil recovery apparatus being provided for said roll apparatus for recovering oil inside said roll mantle, said oil recovery apparatus comprising:
a first oil recovery pan extending in an axial direction of the roll mantle and provided below said contact portion, said first oil recovery pan being arranged on an upstream side in the direction of rotation of said roll mantle with respect to said contact portion for recovering the oil entrained inside said roll mantle upon rotation of said roll mantle; and
an oil scattering preventing plate attached to an upstream side portion of the first oil recovery pan, the oil scattering preventing plate extending in the axial direction of the roll mantle,
wherein an outer edge upper end portion of said oil scattering preventing plate extending to a position proximate to an inner circumferential face of said roll mantle within a range within which said outer edge upper end portion does not interfere with an oil film formed from the oil entrained inside said roll mantle.
2. The oil recovery apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a second oil recovery pan provided below said contact portion and extending in an axial direction of said roll mantel, said second oil recovery pan being arranged on a downstream side of the contact portion in the direction of rotation of said roll mantle for recovering the oil entrained inside said roll mantle upon rotation of said roll mantle; and
a scraping blade mounted on a downstream side of said second oil recovery pan, said scraping blade having an end portion in contact with an inner circumferential face of said roll mantle for scraping off the oil entrained inside said roll mantle and introducing the scraped off oil into said recovery pan.
3. The oil recovery apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the pressing force of the end portion of the scraping blade against the inner circumferential face of the roll mantle.
4. The oil recovery apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises an air spring including a rubber tube that can be inflated and deflated to adjust the pressing force of the scraping blade.
5. The oil recovery apparatus for a roll apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the upper end portion of said oil scattering preventing plate is adjustable toward and away from the inner circumferential face of said roll mantle.
6. The oil recovery apparatus for a roll apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upper portion inside said roll mantle at which said contact portion is positioned is the inner circumferential face of said roll mantle above a horizontal plane including an axial line of said roll mantle.
7. The oil recovery apparatus for a roll apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer edge upper end portion of said oil scattering preventing plate is adjustable toward and away from the inner circumferential face of said roll mantle.