Abstract: The bearing device comprises a bearing 4, a washer 5 and a coupling piece 6 that couples the bearing 4 to the washer 5 and/or separates itself from the washer 5 and the bearing 4 by a pressure force applied thereto, wherein the bearing, the washer and the coupling piece are integrally formed with each other, and the base flap 7 is formed with a projection 7b. Due to this construction, an operator can easily hold the bearing 4 and the washer 5 as one component, and as the coupling piece 6 can be readily removed by the projection 7b, a working efficiency for installing this device can be drastically improved, and the automated mounting operation thereof can also be easily implemented.

Abstract: The invention relates to the assembly of a shaft bearing (16) in the end section (6) of a guide tube (5) of a brushcutter (1). The guide tube (5) accommodates a drive shaft. The bearing (16) is axially inserted into the end section (6) and is held so that it cannot separate therefrom. The outer diameter (DM) of the outer surface (18) of the bearing (16) is configured smaller than the inner diameter (DI) of the end section (6) in order to facilitate assembly and to ensure a force-tight inseparable seating of the bearing 16 in the end section. Several axial ribs (19, 20, 21) are distributed uniformly over the periphery of the outer surface (18). The radial elevation (H) of the axial ribs is slightly greater than approximately half the difference between the inner diameter (DI) of the end section (6) and the outer diameter (DM) of the surface (18) of the bearing (16).

Abstract: A fastening assembly for use as a pivot joint for a first member and a second member which have alignable openings therethrough. The fastening assembly comprises a fastener having a longitudinal axis and a bushing mounted on the fastener with the bushing having a first end and a second end. The second end of the bushing being formed wherein upon the combined fastener and bushing being mounted within the aligned openings the second bushing end extends only through the opening of the first member whereby upon its engagement with the second member during installation it flares radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the fastener and between the first and second members thereby providing automatic retention of the bushing and, resilient spacing between the first and second members.

Abstract: A rack and pinion with a rack (20) and a gear wheel (30) in operative engagement with each other, whereby movement of the rack (20) causes rotation of the gear wheel (30) and vice versa, and wherein an end stop is provided in the form of there being after the outermost gap (25) between teeth (21) at the end of the row of teeth (21) of the rack, instead of a gap, a “filled” gap or a plateau (26) which prevents a tooth (31b) on the gear wheel from getting into engagement. The bearing (11) of the gear wheel allows movement of the gear wheel relative to the rack in a direction transversely to the longitudinal direction of the rack, and by movement beyond the end stop the gear wheel will be pressed out of its bearing, and the mechanism is thereby protected against overloading.

Abstract: The bearing includes a cylindrical bearing, such as a sleeve bearing or a ball bearing, having a central opening for receiving a shaft and having a first radial surface. The assembly includes a bearing housing having a surrounding wall which defines an open distal end and an open base end. The housing has a second radial surface extending inwardly from the surrounding wall. The assembly includes a support wall arranged adjacent to the open base end of the housing. The assembly includes a plurality of threaded fasteners which are inserted through holes provided on the bearing housing and are threaded onto threaded apertures provided in or behind the support wall. Tightening of the fasteners draws the bearing housing to the support wall. A spring, such as a Belleville washer, is placed between the support wall and the bearing to resiliently press the first radial surface against the second radial surface. When the housing and support wall are drawn tight the spring is compressed under great force.

Abstract: A torque support mountable between a first housing of a driven unit and a second housing of a driving unit includes a scalloped one-piece plastic base body having a first side connectable with the first housing and a second side connectable with the second housing so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to both the first housing an the second housing. The first side includes a first planar contact face with through-openings for fastening with the first housing and the second side includes a flange-like edge area with a second planar contact face for resting against the second housing. The plastic piece is injection molded with support webs and includes metal bushings which are arranged perpendicular to the second planar contact face to provide a torque support which is simple and economical to manufacture, mechanically stable, has a certain elasticity and is adaptable to virtually any gear unit connection surfaces.

Abstract: A replacement drive roll having an integral bearing for easy replacement and universal usage in a printing machine. The roll member has a bearing having a nonround outer race for retention in a frame member and a nonround inner race for engagement with a driveshaft on one end. The opposite end has a locking member for preventing axial movement along the shaft. The roll assembly has elastomer bands stretched around the outer circumference to form the drive surface of the roll. The roll unit is easily replaced and can be used in numerous locations thereby reducing parts inventory requirements.

Abstract: In a hydraulic pump (P) comprising at least one piston pump element whose ston (11) is oriented towards an eccentric (E) of a drive shaft (2), and being equipped between the eccentric (E) and a bearing ring (R) rotatable on the eccentric (E) with an eccentric slide bearing (G) having a bearing bush (B) fixed in the bearing ring (R), the bearing bush (B) and the bearing ring (R) each have molded and locally meshing stop portions (A1, A2) which positively fix the bearing bush (B) in the bearing ring (R) in rotational and axial direction. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: A guider assembly for a rotary component idles about a given point on a shaft, and the shaft has a race at both sides of an idling space in which the rotary component is turned. A guider of the assembly has tension ribs held in the race for allowing the rotary component to idle about a predetermined point on the shaft. In addition, in the inventive guider assembly, the shaft has a race formed at both sides thereof and on a part of its outer surface, and the guider has a shaft hole into which the shaft fits, and tension ribs formed at one side of the shaft hole and held in the race.

Abstract: A self-lubricating bearing is fabricated as a laminate of a metallic substrate and a series of raised structures formed integrally therewith and extending orthogonally therefrom. A fluoropolymer sliding or bearing layer is superposed with the substrate, with the raised structures embedded therein. The raised structures serve to hold the bearing layer in place to help prevent it from sliding along the surface of substrate during bearing operation. This anchorage to the substrate enables a relatively thick bearing layer to be utilized to relatively reduce tendency to creep. Alternatively, the structures provide a bearing having a relatively thin load bearing layer with a relatively constant friction coefficient over its life, with the structures acting as thermal and electrical bridges for relatively high heat and electrical conductivity between the substrate and a supported article such as a rotating shaft. The structures also may be in direct contact with the supported article to help prevent bedding-in.

Abstract: A bush bearing includes at least two sections with different outer diameters. The section with a larger outer diameter has an inner diameter defined by the bore of the bush bearing. The inner diameter is greater than that of the section with a smaller outer diameter so as to minimize the friction between the bearing and the motor rotor spindle.

Abstract: A bearing engagement structure for a hermetic compressor includes a unitary cylinder-frame member having an opening in a central portion thereof, the opening having an internal screw thread formed along an inner periphery thereof, and a journal bearing including an external screw thread formed along an upper outer periphery thereof and a body formed with a polygonal shape in a lower portion thereof. The body of the journal bearing is formed with a circular, square or hexagonal shape. The bearing engagement structure allows the compressor to employ a unitary type connecting rod which is to be engaged to a crank shaft, for thereby obtaining an advantageous strength of the connecting rod with regard to a compressing force and a tension thereof.

Abstract: The present bearing assembly is for use with a wastewater treatment apparatus which is driven by a drive shaft, e.g., cog rake bar screens, or water treatment apparatus, e.g., paddle wheels in flocculation mixing tanks, and submerged, partially submerged or intermittently submerged in a fluid environment. The bearing assembly includes a tubular member keyed against rotation in a bearing housing with the tubular member bore surfaces engaged against the drive shaft surfaces without rolling elements disposed therebetween thus eliminating the need for lubricators to supply the bearings with grease. Accordingly, the present dry bearing assembly is not subject to failures caused by having the grease in the bearings flushed out by wastewater flows or by submerging of the lubricator.

Abstract: A guide bearing assembly is disclosed which is capable of being thoroughly cleaned. A linear actuating embodiment includes a reciprocating shaft with first and second spools axially spaced a predetermined distance. Each spool has an associated guide bearing surface taking the form of a cylindrical bore, with the bores axially spaced a distance greater than the axial distance between spools so that when one spool is in engagement with its guide bore, the opposite spool is out of engagement with its guide bore. A rotary bearing embodiment includes a rotatable shaft having first and second spools with each spool having a plurality of angularly spaced lobes. The lobes cooperate with complementing guide bearing surfaces on a guide sleeve. The lobes of one spool are angularly spaced relative to the lobes of a second spool, so that with the lobes of the first spool in engagement with their guide surfaces, the lobes of the second spool are disengaged, and vice versa.

Abstract: A molded bearing assembly for a molded wheel includes a synthetic resin outer bearing race element embedded in the hub of the molded wheel and having a cylindrical inner sliding, journal type bearing surface. An inner bearing assembly includes two molded synthetic resin bearing halves having continuous cylindrical outer bearing surfaces disposed within the outer bearing race in sliding engagement with the inner bearing surface of the outer race. The bearing halves of the inner bearing assembly abut each other at their inner ends and may include interlocking structural features at their inner ends that enable securing of the bearing halves together at their inner ends while presenting a continuous outer cylindrical bearing sliding surface that cooperates with the adjacent surface of the outer race. A wheel axle extends through the inner bearing assembly and supports the wheel and bearing assembly for rotation relative to a wheel support.

Abstract: A guide sleeve structure for guiding and supporting the cylinder in the spindle guide tube comprising vertical guide webs(110) formed toward the spindle between the radial line of the ribs(130), and the vertical guide grooves toward the spindle in response to the ribs(130) to structurally withhold the expanding and the shrinking of the slide gap caused by the change of temperature.

Abstract: A bearing structure for a stepping motor including a stepping motor, a screw shaft integrated with the stepping motor, and a bearing member formed of a molding resin material for supporting a distal end of the screw shaft, wherein a cone-shaped recess is formed in the distal end of the screw shaft, and a dome-shaped projection to be in abutment with the recess is formed on the bearing member.

Abstract: A roll-formed sliding surface bearing bushing is circular in an installed state and has a butt joint which extends throughout the width of the bushing and is closed in an installed state. To ensure a backlash-free bearing arrangement, the bushing has on its outside peripheral surface a trapezoidal profile, which includes an angle of 1.degree. to 30.degree. with the plane which contains the longitudinal axis of the bushing.

Abstract: Struts are useful for improving the suspension of a machine wherein a rod is reciprocating mounted within a housing. A bearing is positioned within the housing to improve the sliding motion of the rod and to reduce wear. The subject apparatus is used for removing and installing the bearing without removing the strut from the machine. The strut includes a multi-piece bearing which is positioned around the rod to form a circular bearing. An end cap is positioned around the rod and a key connects the end cap to the bearing so that the components can be removed and installed as an assembly.

Abstract: A thrust has a pair of axially extending positioning and retaining members which align with respective recesses formed in a transmission housing component in which the thrust washer is to be retained. The retaining member has a resilient portion which is deformable to accommodate interference fit with the respective recess thereby retaining the washer in situ. The positioning member provides a locating element and prevents rotational displacement of the washer during assembly of the housing to the transmission.

Abstract: A sealed bushing assembly adapted to permit a push rod to pass through an adapter isolating a pressurized chamber, formed by attaching a sleeve to said adapter, inserting a bushing, and crimping the end of said sleeve opposite said adapter to restrain said bushing.

Abstract: A rod guide, comprising a guide bush, which is surrounded on the outside by a carrier with respect to which there is a radial clearance. A connector is provided in the gap formed by the clearance, which form locks with the guide bush, thereby preventing translatory motion between them.

Abstract: A guide (30) for surrounding and sealing a rod (26) in the end of a hydraulic cylinder (12) including a piston (24) slidably disposed in the cylinder (12) and attached to the end of the rod (26) and a method for manufacturing the guide (30). The guide (30) includes an inner guide bore (38) with dovetail shaped channels (40) extending annularly about the guide bore (38) and an organic polymeric bearing material (42) disposed in the guide bore (38) in mechanically interlocking engagement with the dovetail channel in the radial direction to exert a radial retaining force from the channel (40) to the bearing material (42) to establish a force fit in the radial direction between the channel (40) and the bearing material (42) placing the guide (30) in a mold (44, 46) defining a cylindrical cavity extending about the guide bore (38) and between the end faces (32) of the guide (30).

Abstract: In a V-type engine having a crankcase dividable into two halves in side ways, a crankshaft disposed inside the crankcase, a plurality of cylinder assemblies disposed onto the crankcase, arranged in V-shape and parallel to the divided faces of the crankcase, and pairs of metal bearing halves which support the crankshaft, wherein the metal bearing halves are press fit into predetermined positions inside the crankcase halves, and the metal bearing halves are arranged so that matching faces of the bearing halves make a right angle with a line which divide an angle between the V-shaped cylinder assemblies in half.

Abstract: Multilayer sliding bearing, of the type comprising: an intermediate layer (20) made of a material with a certain hardness, disposed on a backing layer (10); a sliding layer (30) made of a less hard material, said intermediate layer (20) presenting a radially internal face defined by at least a pair of surfaces, which are excentric to the bearing and which intercept each other along a respective intersection line (22) of the bearing that is inclined relative the opposite end edges, in order to reduce the thickness of said intermediate layer (20), the radially internal face of the sliding layer (30) presenting a curvature radius at maximum equal to the distance between the axis of the bearing and each point of each intersection line (22).

Abstract: A process for the production of a sleeve shaped friction bearing including the steps of producing a thin inner sliding layer of a polymeric material free of abrasive fillers on a core by a molding process, producing a longitudinal interruption in an outer surface of the sliding layer from one end to another, and sheathing the inner sliding layer with an outside support of another polymeric material and joining the inner layer with the outside support by filling the interruption.

Abstract: A bearing retainer system includes a hollow cylindrical bearing casing having a casing bore with a first axis for holding a bearing sleeve; an annular outer element rotationally secured to the casing, disposed within the casing bore, and having a circumferential first periphery circumscribed about a second axis which substantially coincides with the first axis; a bearing sleeve mounted in the casing bore and having a cylindrical sleeve periphery circumscribed about a third axis which substantially coincides with the first axis; and an eccentric cylindrical locking apparatus for locking the bearing sleeve to the outer element. The locking apparatus includes cylindrical male and female eccentric annular elements that are eccentric annular in shape and axially disposed at opposite ends of an annular outer element. The male element has an eccentric cylindrical male outer surface which mates with an eccentric cylindrical female inner surface.

Abstract: In a wiper shaft channel sleeve for a protruding wiper shaft (2) of a wiper motor (1) attached to a vehicle outer body component, in which a channel sleeve (5), made of an elastic material, placed in an opening 3 in the vehicle outer skin, is provided with a sliding bearing (6) and a sealing lip (7) and, further, the wiper shaft is supported and protected, the sliding bearing (24) and the sealing lip (28) are placed in a sliding sleeve (22) axially movable in the channel sleeve (5), made of elastic material, and the channel sleeve (5), with its main body of a high-durometer elastic material and, by means of an attachment clip (17) made of a supple elastic material, is rigidly connected to the channel sleeve, and placed in the opening (3) of the body outer skin.

Abstract: A magnetic disk drive motor includes a hub stand for driving a disk while carrying the disk thereon, a shaft fixed to the middle of the hub stand, a rotor case attached to an end of the shaft and having a drive magnet on an inner side of a circumferential wall thereof, a substantially cylindrical housing rotatably supporting the shaft through a bearing, and a base plate supporting a stator core, wherein an end of the bearing is in slidable contact with the hub stand; and at least a part of the one end surface of the bearing is cut away.

Abstract: In a sheet feeding roller unit in which the pickup roller and the sheet feeding roller are integrated into one body, bearing members are respectively arranged at both ends of the sheet feeding roller shaft of the sheet feeding roller. The first bearing member is inserted into the first bearing engaging member arranged in the sheet feeding unit, and the third bearing member is arranged so that it can be moved by the lever member in the axial direction, and the third bearing member is attached to the second bearing engaging member when it is moved in the axial direction. Under the condition that it is pushed by the spring, the sheet feeding roller can be fixed and held with respect to the sheet feeding unit.

Abstract: A system for fixating a shaft in its bearing casing as well as in a wiper installation the shaft is fixated in its bearing in that the annular gap between the shaft and the bearing is filled by the injection of a plastic material rendering optimum sealing and load bearing qualities.

Abstract: A bush is divided at a part of the circumference by a slit, so that at least two contacting portions provided on both end sides of the bush in the axial direction have elasticity in the radial direction, and are elastically brought into contact with the inner surface of a housing due to the elasticity. At least one elastic engagement portion between the at least two contacting portions has elasticity in the radial direction similar to the at least two contacting portions. The elastic engagement portion elastically engages with a rotary shaft which is inserted in the bush, thereby supporting the rotary shaft. Consequently, the rotary shaft rotates without vibration of the axis thereof.

Abstract: A sleeve bearing for use on rotary valve shafts subjected to substantial operating pressures sufficient to extrude PTFE includes a cylindrical nonmetallic bearing jacket, preferably composed from PEEK. The bearing jacket has a cylindrical inner cavity defined between opposite annular cavity end lips within which cavity is disposed a cylindrical PTFE liner. The annular cavity end lips on the inner surface of the cylindrical nonmetallic bearing jacket extend inwardly to an end lip surface wherein the diameter of said end lip surface is slightly larger than the diameter of the rotary shaft of the control valve. A suitable adhesive is used to bond the liner to the bearing jacket. The cavity end lips maintain the liner in position if the adhesive fails. The end lip construction and the close clearances between the end lips and the rotary shaft enable the PTFE liner to carry greater load than in other PTFE bearing constructions before beginning to extrude PTFE.

Abstract: A two-piece mechanical joint light weight bearing includes a liner of leaded bronze joined with an outer sleeve of an aluminum alloy. The joint consists of a straight cylindrical section and a threaded section along the axial direction of the bearing. Both the threaded and straight cylindrical sections of the bearing employ a radial interference fit to ensure positive contact between the bronze and aluminum materials. The interference fit is selected to compensate for radial differential thermal expansion between the liner and sleeve and provides a prevailing torque to prevent rotational movement between the liner and sleeve. A molded elastomer seal is located on a first end of the bearing to provide a seal between the liner and sleeve. A method of assembling the bearing includes establishing a relative temperature differential between the component parts, assembling the component parts while held at the differential temperature and then stabilizing the completed assembly at room temperature.

Abstract: A bearing retention arrangement is disclosed for rotatably supporting a shaft (27) within a bearing opening (75) defined by a wall portion (35). The bearing retainer (83) is cylindrical and includes a pair of bayonets (89,91), and the bearing opening (75) defines recesses (77,79) Which conform generally to the bayonets. After the shaft (27) is in place, along with the bearing inner race (63) and bearing members (65), the outer race (67) is pressed into the retainer (83). The retainer is then passed through the bearing opening, with the bayonets passing through the recesses, until the bayonets (89,91) are disposed adjacent a forward surface (71) of the wall portion (35). The bearing retainer is then rotated until the bayonets are no longer rotationally aligned with the recesses, and finally, some form of antirotation device (95,99) is installed to prevent rotation of the bearing retainer from its assembled position (FIG. 3).

Abstract: A combined journal-thrust bearing assembly includes a bearing body formed of upper and lower sections secured together at an axial plane. To the axial ends of the bearing body, thrust rings are removably mounted with the thrust rings also being formed of segments, the ends of which lie in the axial plane. Extending through a bore defined by the bearing face of a journal liner is a rotating shaft having a pair of spaced collars. The collars abut bearing faces of the thrust rings to prevent axial movement of the shaft relative to the bearing assembly. Disassembly of the bearing body about the axial plane facilitates repair or replacement of the bearing body sections, the liner, or worn thrust rings independently of one another. An oil delivery system is also provided for lubricating the interface between the shaft and the journal bearing face as well as lubricating the interface between the thrust bearing faces and the shaft collars.

Abstract: A sliding bearing (1) made of plastic has a separate press-fit area (2) and sliding area (3). The sliding area (3) is divided into individual segments, so that it only partially contacts a shaft mounted in it. The segmented sliding area (3) has a smaller inside diameter than the press-fit area (2), and the press-fit area (2) has a larger outside diameter than the sliding area (3). The sliding bearing (1) according to the invention permits virtually clearance-free shaft mounting, where the effects of moisture and temperature have absolutely no influence on the running properties of the bearing.

Abstract: A bearing having an inner section that is easily snapped into an outer section to form the bearing. The inner section includes a cylindrical ring portion and an exterior-extending, locking ring portion. The outer section includes a cylindrical ring portion and an interior-extending, locking ring portion. When formed of self-lubricating plastic, this bearing is light-weight, thin and inexpensive. Dimensions can be selected to make this bearing easy or difficult to disassemble.

Abstract: A vegetation cutter apparatus having a drive motor which drives a cutterhead via a drive shaft journalled in a guide tube, The cutterhead is held in a sleeve bearing at the end section of the guide tube facing away from the drive motor, The cutterhead is held in a simple manner by an exchangeable sleeve bearing in the guide tube. This is achieved in that the bearing is axially held in the end section of the guide tube so as to be exchangeable and at least one stop holds the bearing against rotation and may cooperate to hold the bearing captive in the axial direction. The stop projects radially into the guide tube.

Abstract: A guide sleeve for a length-adjustable column for chairs is provided with an outside to be received and supported in a guide tube of the column. The guide sleeve is further provided with an internal surface, on which guide webs are formed which project towards a central longitudinal axis. The guide webs are separated from each other by recesses. On the guide webs, there are partial cylinder surfaces concentric of the axis and which are formed as guide surfaces for the housing of a length-adjustable element.

Abstract: A track roller bearing and method of manufacture thereof is presented in which the axial thrust bearing elements are integral inclined opposed surfaces formed on the inner and outer races of the track roller bearing. The inner race is swaged to form the inclined axial bearing surfaces on the inner race after the races are assembled. A self-lubricating material is bonded to the inner race, including the axial bearing inclined surfaces thereof, after the inner and outer races are assembled and the axial bearing surfaces are formed.

Abstract: A bearing bush for supporting the end of a shaft in a wall has a bush body with a through bore and a collar which projects radially at one end of the bush body and bears against the wall when the bearing bush is fitted into a bore in the wall. The length of the bush body is greater than the thickness of the wall. The inside surface of the bore of the bush body has a peripherally extending radial recess whose spacing from the collar is equal to the thickness of the wall. When the bush is installed in the bore in the wall the bush body can be compressed in the axial direction, undergoing plastic deformation, such that the bush body is upset to form on the side of the wall opposite the collar a radially projecting bulge portion which with the collar positively lockingly and immovably connects the bearing bush to the wall.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a bearing device for an electric motor in which a bearing holder holding an oil-impregnated bearing provides good area contact from the beginning and can be readily formed with high productivity.

Abstract: A plastic bearing consisting of an elastically deformable material for stabilizers in motor vehicles of a one-part design, slotted on one side in an axial plane, which can be opened for mounting, with an inner contact surface (6), which is slidingly movable on the jacket surface of the stabilizer and is delimited by sealing lip rings (19) at the axial ends, on which pockets (7) filled with a lubricant are provided between radially extending beads (20) and longitudinal ribs (21) extending axially between them, and which plastic bearing can be mounted in a housing under pretension.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bearing for a wiper arm structure includes the steps of: a) forming the bearing by sintering so that the outer peripheral surface of the bearing includes rough sintered surfaces of protruding ridges and recessed portion; b) sizing only the sintered surfaces of the protruding ridges without processing the recessing portions to smooth only outer peripheral surfaces of the protruding ridges so that the outer peripheral surfaces define a circular cross-section for the bearing, the sintered surfaces of the recessed portions remaining in a rough sintered condition relative to the outer peripheral surfaces of the protruding ridges which are sizing-processed; and c) forming a resin material on the outer peripheral surface of the bearing by insert molding.

Abstract: A rotary bearing is disclosed for pivotably connecting a journal to a similar cylindrical saddle formed in a chassis member. The rotary bearing is provided with an annular sleeve having inner surface sides to freely rotatably cooperate with the journal. The annular sleeve outer surface has affixed to it an arcuate flange extending radially outward and about a limited portion of the sleeve periphery. The flange includes a relatively thin web section and a thicker head portion spaced radially outward therefrom to enable the flange to interconnect with the arcuate slot formed in a semi-cylindrical saddle surface. The rotary bearing can be quickly installed and removed without the use of fasteners or installation tools and is particularly suitably adapted for use in mounting an upright vacuum motor/fan assembly to the cleaner head chassis.

Abstract: A compound journal and thrust plain bearing comprises a half-liner-shaped or bush-shaped journal bearing part and a part-ring-shaped thrust bearing part or a set of part-ring-shaped thrust bearing parts attached at one or both ends thereof, while every thrust bearing part comprises on its inner peripheral rim a plurality of inwardly extending retaining projections which are angularly spaced from each other and which are inserted into a recess provided in the region of the arcuate or circular margin of the journal bearing part.

Abstract: The elastic sliding bearing for chassis parts in motor vehicles has a rigid inner bushing, an outer bushing, and an elastomeric body surrounding them. The inner bushing and the outer bushing are provided at both ends with axial bearing surfaces on radially extending flange projections (8, 9), and a seal surrounding the flange projections (8) on the outer bushing (2) is provided. The seal acts against the axially outer flange surface of the outer bushing (2) with at least one sealing lip. A plastic layer (5) possessing good sliding properties, whose outer contact surface with the outer bushing has lubricant pockets (6) for receiving a grease filling, is provided on the outer jacket of the inner bushing (1).

Abstract: A high pressure multi-stage centrifugal pump with an axially split casing (10) and a number of impellers (14) carried by a drive shaft (12) has inter-stage bushings (24) and rings (22) for sealing each side of each impeller. Each bushing (24) or ring (22) is conventionally prevented from rotating by a radial pin protruding from the lower half of the casing (10) into an axial slot in the periphery of the bushing or ring. The pin is necessarily small and is liable to shear, difficult to engage in the slot and, in cases where the bushing (24) or ring (22) is diametrically split, does not allow rotation of the lower half for its removal without lifting the shaft (12). To avoid all these disadvantages, without introducing any risk of leakage, a tangential pin (32) is fitted in a blind hole (34) in the casing (10) so that its exposed end (37) is flush with the joint face (28) of the casing and abuts against a shoulder ( 44) formed by a recess (38) in the periphery of the bushing (24) or ring (22).

Abstract: A device for changing the axle orientation in a balance beam suspension operates by introducing a variable axial eccentricity between an axle carrier and the beam hanger to vary the amount of yaw on the axle to enable the wheels on the axle to be oriented in alignment with the vehicle axis.