Center Feed Patents (Class 384/391)
  • Patent number: 8974210
    Abstract: A pelletizing device comprising a rotary drivable at least partly cylindrical die, wherein the cylindrical part comprises a multitude of radial openings for making of pellets and at least one roller rotatable around a stationary shaft, for pressing of material to be pelletized through the radial openings in the die, wherein the roller is mounted to the corresponding stationary shaft by means of at least one roller bearing and wherein the pelletizing device comprises an oil circulation system for lubricating each of the roller bearings of each of the rollers with oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: CPM Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Viktor B. Udink, Maurice J. M. Bindels
  • Patent number: 6237719
    Abstract: A lubricating oil discharge port is provided that is improved so well that a quick supply of lubricating oil is not disturbed and that film lubrication is not lost when the engine is started. The lubricating oil discharge port 18a for allowing lubricating oil to flow out of a lubricating oil passage 18 in which an oil pressure source is provided at a lower portion thereof into a bearing bore 12 for a camshaft 10 of an engine is made to open in a top surface of a boss 19 provided so as to protrude from a bottom of a recessed well 15 acting as a lubricating oil reservoir provided in an inner circumferential surface on a lower side of the camshaft bearing bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriaki Fujii, Kouta Yoshiura
  • Patent number: 5372434
    Abstract: A cylindrical spindle for mounting a bearing or other member that requires lubrication, the spindle having an internal longitudinal passageway for conducting the lubricant to the bearing from an end of the spindle, and having a lateral passageway to receive a cotter pin for locking a nut on the spindle for retaining the bearing in place, the two passageways being nonintersecting with the lateral passageway extending substantially along a diameter of the cylindrical spindle and the longitudinal passageway being offset from the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Inventors: Ron Roberts, Frank Potucek
  • Patent number: 5072821
    Abstract: An escalator or people mover having steps or pallets which are supported by axles that are driven by a step chain, utilize a split bearing disposed between the axle and the step or pallet. The split bearing allows for rapid replacement of a worn bearing. The split bearing has a shaped outer portion for cooperating with the step or pallet to prevent rotation of the bearing relative to the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Michael Kruse, Hans-Dietrich Riedel