fig5 a roll carrier 19 is disposed on the slide 18 in a stationary manner the roll carrier 19 carries the bottom roll 5 the roll carrier 19 also has a roll rotating drive 20 that is rigidly connected to the bottom roll 5 another hydraulic cylinder 21 is provided on the slide 18 which cylinder is shown discharged in fig4 and is shown under pressure in fig5 a roll carrier 22 is disposed on the piston of this hydraulic cylinder which roll carrier passes axially through the supplementary roll 12 the elements of the deflection compensation device 13 are supported on the roll carrier the nip 15 between the bottom roll 5 and the supplementary roll 12 can be opened or closed by using the hydraulic cylinder 21 the hydraulic cylinder 21 can be smaller than the hydraulic cylinder 11 since it only has to shift the supplementary roll 12 in relation to the bottom roll 5 the hydraulic cylinder 11 though must be able to lift the bottom roll 5 and all of the intermediary rolls 6 it is noted that the foregoing examples have been provided merely for the purpose of explanation and are in no way to be construed as limiting of the present invention while the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment it is understood that the words which have been used herein are words of description and illustration rather than words of limitation changes may be made within the purview of the appended claims as presently stated and as amended without departing from the scope and the.