Outermost Member Cylindrical Patents (Class 384/546)
  • Patent number: 11396938
    Abstract: The pulley device provides a pulley and a bearing. The pulley has two C-shaped pulley parts having each an inner portion mounted on the bearing, an outer portion having an outer cylindrical surface dedicated to interact with a belt or a chain, and an intermediate portion extending substantially radially between axial ends of inner and outer portions on one axial side of pulley device. Free ends of outer portions each include a hook-shaped portion. A first one of the hook-shaped portions axially overlapping a second one of the hook-shaped portions. The hook-shaped portions configured to cooperate together in order to attach one outer portion to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Benoit Arnault, Gwenael Hingouet, Kévin Lefort, Simon Prevost
  • Patent number: 11371561
    Abstract: A transmission housing (1) comprising a shaft (2) housed at least partially inside the housing (1) and, mounted on said shaft (2), at least one rotary element (3) and a rolling bearing (4), the rolling bearing (4) comprising an inner ring (5) and an outer ring (6) that are coaxial, separated from each other by rolling members (7). The housing (1) further comprises a blind or through tubular body (8) mounted on the shaft (2) and interposed at least partially between the shaft (2) and the rotary element (3), the rotary element (3) being mounted rotatably secured to the tubular body (8), and the tubular body (8) being kept rotatably secured to the shaft (2) by the inner ring (5), referred to as the constriction ring, of the rolling bearing (4), force-fitted onto said tubular body (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURS
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Brosset, Sebastien Bray
  • Patent number: 11168779
    Abstract: A pulley device for a tensioner roller or winding roller of a belt, including a bearing, a pulley mounted to the bearing, a protective flange and a screw. The protective flange having at least one tongue provided with a plastically deformable part that can pass from a first, undeformed configuration for the insertion of the screw to a second, deformed configuration for axially and radially retaining the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Benoit Arnault, Nicolas Tronquoy
  • Patent number: 11060598
    Abstract: A pulley device comprising a pulley and a bearing. The pulley has at least one “C-shaped” pulley part having an inner portion mounted on the bearing, an outer portion having an outer cylindrical surface dedicated to interact with a belt or a chain, and an intermediate portion extending substantially radially between axial ends of inner and outer portions on one axial side of pulley device. The outer cylindrical surface of outer ring is provided with at least one recess having in cross-section, a concave internal profile. The pulley part is provided with at least one protruding portion which inwardly extends beyond the inner cylindrical surface of inner portion. The protruding portion is received in a corresponding recess of outer ring so as to block the pulley part with respect to the outer ring in both axial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Benoit Arnault, Nicolas Tronquoy, Philippe Walter
  • Patent number: 10583992
    Abstract: A conveyor includes a frame and a plurality of rollers coupled to the frame. Each roller includes a tube, bearings coupled to opposing ends of the tube, and at least one axle engaged with the bearings and the frame to support the roller for rotation relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: FRANTZ MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: James Clark, Douglas Crowder, Jr., Timothy Powell, John Gvozdjak
  • Patent number: 9927017
    Abstract: A sheave assembly, apparatus, and method for assembly a sheave. The sheave assembly includes a hub, an axle, a bearing element disposed between the axle and the hub, and a sheave body disposed at least partially around the hub. The sheave assembly also includes an adapter coupled with the sheave body. The adapter and the hub at least partially define a flowpath that extends to the bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Rene van den Heuvel
  • Patent number: 9682825
    Abstract: An idler 100 (e.g. for a conveyor belt installation) includes plural sleeve segments 102.1-102.5 which constitute an outer sleeve 102. More specifically, the idler 100 has a central axle 104 and a bearing surface provided concentrically with and radially outwardly from the axle 104. The idler 100 is characterized in that it has a plurality of sleeve segments 102.1-102.5 which fit together end-to-end thereby to define a cylindrical segmented sleeve 102 which presents the bearing surface, at least some of the sleeve segments 102.1-102.5 having an inner radially extending support 204 wall thereby to support the segmented sleeve 102 intermediate its ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Inventor: Morné Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9273731
    Abstract: An idler roll bearing assembly, made by a method, includes a shaft having a non-grooved outer surface. A shell extends about the shaft and is rotatable relative to the shaft. A rolling bearing is secured to the shaft. A roll head is secured to the rolling bearing. The roll head includes a portion preventing axial displacement of the rolling bearing. The shell is supported for the relative rotation by the roll head. A retaining sleeve is located on the shaft to prevent axial displacement of the rolling bearing. The sleeve has an interior surface in engagement with the non-grooved outer surface of the shaft. An inner diameter of the sleeve and an outer diameter of the shaft are sized such that the sleeve is secured onto the shaft by frictional interference fit and the sleeve is maintained at a position on the shaft by the frictional interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Joy Global Conveyors Inc.
    Inventors: Todd W. Kirkpatrick, Robert H. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9206887
    Abstract: The present invention is to suppress wear of outer diameter surfaces of chain guiding rollers (41) in a chain guide and extend the life. Respective shaft ends of a plurality of roller shafts (31) are supported by pairs of facing side plate portions (22) of guide bases (21) arranged to face each other in a one-side part of a timing chain (5) for transmitting torque. Each of the rollers (41) formed by a plurality of chain guiding roller bearings is rotatably supported by each of the plurality of roller shafts (31). Rollers whose surface hardness is greater than surface hardness of the timing chain (5) by 4 points or more of Rockwell hardness are used as the rollers (41), so as to prevent earlier wear of the outer diameter surfaces of the rollers (41) due to contact with the timing chain (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio Kato, Shinji Oishi
  • Patent number: 9140301
    Abstract: The present invention provides a machine guideway including a base, a shaft placed in a groove within the base, a carriage slidably connected to the base and shaft, a pair of opposed wheels held by the carriage, and a cover placed over the pair of opposed wheels. The groove has an arch shape defining a groove arch radius. The shaft defines a shaft radius less than the groove arch radius. Each opposed wheel of the pair of opposed wheels contacts the shaft at a rolling point and has a plurality of radii. The plurality of radii of each opposed wheel together form a pair arch when the opposed wheels are held by the carriage. The pair arch defines a pair arch radius that is greater than the shaft radius. The cover is configured to keep the pair of opposed wheels in contact with the shaft with a pre-loaded force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: PHD, INC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Williams, Lyle A. Null
  • Patent number: 9080570
    Abstract: A closed compressor provided for achieving a wobbling suppressing effect of a rotating shaft by a bearing frame portion and improving a reliability thereof by preventing a bearing frame portion from being deformed due to a gas load includes a bearing member provided between the one end in the axial direction of the closed container and the electric motor and includes a bearing portion pivotally supporting the rotating shaft and a bearing frame portion holding the bearing portion, and the bearing frame portion includes a high rigidity portion and a low rigidity portion in a circumferential direction and the bearing frame portion is arranged in the closed container such that a direction in which a load acting on the bearing portion becomes maximum coincides with a direction in which rigidity of the bearing frame portion is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Kazu Takashima, Kazuhiko Miura
  • Patent number: 8888372
    Abstract: A sensor-carrier cap for a bearing of a wheel hub, the cap being made of plastic material and having a bottom wall arranged transversely to a central axis and providing a seat for accommodating a sensor, a cylindrical mounting wall extending axially from one side of the bottom wall around the axis; snap locking means projecting in a radially outer direction from the cylindrical wall, for locking the sensor-carrier cap on a tubular appendage of a wheel hub-bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Luca Ciulla, William Finetti, Philippe Weber
  • Patent number: 8881884
    Abstract: A rebuildable conveyor roller includes a hollow, cylindrical roller tube having a first end opposite a second end. The roller tube has a rebuildable conveyor roller bearing assembly provided at the first end and the second end. The rebuildable conveyor roller bearing assembly is affixed to the roller tube such that at least a part of the rebuildable conveyor roller bearing assembly is removable from the roller tube. A hub of the rebuildable conveyor roller bearing assembly has a generally circular shape that is dimensioned to fit inside the internal diameter of the roller tube. The hub has a centrally located hole through which a stub shaft may be inserted. A bearing holder is inserted in an internal cavity provided within the hub for securing the rebuildable conveyor roller bearing assembly to the roller tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Richard Kaminski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8790018
    Abstract: The invention comprises a drum motor comprising a drum tube, a spatially fixed shaft in the interior of the drum tube. To provide a drum motor in particular for use in hygiene areas a drum motor (10) according to the invention comprises: a drum tube (11), a spatially fixed shaft (13) in the interior of the drum tube (11), an inner cover (13) for accommodating a bearing (14) to support the drum tube (11) rotatably about the shaft (13) and for internally sealing off the interior (12), and an outer cover (30) for covering a drum tube end and for externally sealing off the interior (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Interroll Holding AG
    Inventors: Helmut Leuver, Frank Heinen, Martin Priefert
  • Patent number: 8632254
    Abstract: A bearing sump includes an annular housing having a first axial length that is substantially equivalent to an axial length of the bearing sump; an annular bearing support disposed concentrically within the annular housing and having a second axial length that is less than about 50% of the first axial length; an annular space between the housing and the bearing support; and first and second axial ribs in the form of annular segments having a central angle of less than about 60 degrees and connecting with both the housing and the bearing support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Hunter Hammond
  • Patent number: 8439573
    Abstract: The replaceable bearing for a conveyor roller is installed in a bearing housing, which is removably installed within the end of the conveyor roller. The bearing housing threads into a mating insert or sleeve, which is permanently installed within the end of the conveyor roller. Alternatively, the inside of the conveyor roller may be threaded and the bearing housing threaded directly into the conveyor roller, if roller wall thickness is sufficient. The outer face of the housing includes a plurality of notches so that a mating wrench engages the notches to thread the housing and its bearing into or out of the end of the roller. The replaceable bearing allows the bearing and its housing to be replaced while retaining the conveyor roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Inventor: Peter Zuiko
  • Patent number: 8397906
    Abstract: An idler comprises an idler tube (1), an idler shaft (7), a bearing seat (2) and a labyrinth seal structure at each end of the idler tube (1). The labyrinth seal structure comprises a seal ring (5) and a seal cover (3). A positioning flange (12) is provided on the top edge of the bearing seat (2). A convex ring (4) and a clearer (9) are provided in the seal ring (5). A seal rim (3-1) of the seal cover (3) is fitted between the convex ring (4) and the clean device (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Beijing Yurunhua Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingzhao Sun
  • Patent number: 7976687
    Abstract: Provided is a roll unit to be dipped in a surface treatment liquid of a copper foil, wherein a bearing box for housing a roil shaft is configured from two bearing boxes that are divisible, one of the bearing boxes is configured from a roll-side bearing box arranged on a roll main body-side and the other bearing box is configured from a shaft end-side bearing box arranged on the shaft end-side of the roll, a shaft sleeve covering an outer periphery of the roll shaft is provided in the roll-side bearing box and an oil seal is provided along an outer periphery of the shaft sleeve, and a bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft is disposed in the shaft end-side bearing box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Haruo Sato
  • Patent number: 7866892
    Abstract: A rotator for a head tube of a bicycle has a mounting bracket, a rotating collar and a holding ring. The mounting bracket is mounted around the head tube and has a mounting ring and two legs. The mounting ring is mounted around the head tube and has a mounting channel, a kerf, an annular flange and a holding groove. The legs are oppositely mounted on the mounting ring. The rotating collar is rotatably mounted around the mounting bracket and has a chamber, an upper through hole, a lower through hole, a mounting channel and multiple balls. The holding ring is mounted in the mounting ring of the mounting bracket and has an engaging groove. The engaging groove engages the annular flange on the mounting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: Chia-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: 7753595
    Abstract: A bearing mount of a rotatable printer drum having a rotational axis includes a main drum bearing, rotationally supporting the drum and having an outer bearing race, and at least two secondary roller bearings, angularly spaced from each other. The secondary roller bearings are positioned to rollably support the outer bearing race and allow lateral translation of the main bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert M Yraceburu, Steven P Downing, Stuart D Spencer
  • Patent number: 7435005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tension roller (1) for a fraction drive, comprising a washer (2) mounted on an antifriction bearing and a spacer (4a). A sealing cap (13a) is provided between the washer (2) and the spacer (4a) and allows for a captivated arrangement of all components of the tension roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Matthias Schmidl, Christian Riel, Hermann Stief
  • Publication number: 20080063336
    Abstract: A mounting structure for engagement of sleeves has an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve is mounted around the inner sleeve and has an outer surface. The inner sleeve has an isolating slot and may have at least one functionary element. The isolating slot is defined in the inner sleeve between the inner surface and the outer surface of the outer sleeves and has a depth. When an appropriate force is applied to the outer surface of the outer sleeve to make the sleeves deform to engage with each other, the deformation of the inner sleeve will stop by the isolating sleeve. Therefore the functionary elements mounted inside the inner sleeve will not be damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: William Chuang
  • Patent number: 6995955
    Abstract: An apparatus for a pivot assembly that can strongly and reliably fix a sleeve to an outer ring, and in addition, that can also solve the problem of out gas. Ball bearing 2 are mated to both ends of a shaft 1, and to the outer circumference of these ball bearings 2, an inner wall part 31 mates a sleeve disposed between both ball bearings 2, and the sleeve 3 was fixed by laser welding to the outer ring 22 of the bell bearings 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Toshisada Koyama
  • Patent number: 6860639
    Abstract: A pulley includes a radial rolling bearing and a pulley main body which are integrated to each other by an insert molding method. Therefore, a metal insert member is not required between the resin pulley main body and the radial rolling bearing, thereby reducing production cost of the pulley. Further, an axial dimension of an outer ring of the radial rolling bearing is set larger than an axial dimension of an inner ring thereof, so that a contact area between the radial rolling bearing and the pulley main body is increased. Therefore, a connection strength between the radial rolling bearing and the pulley main body is increased, and a surface area of the radial rolling bearing is increased, thereby improving heat radiation performance of the radial rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Tabuchi, Akira Kishibuchi
  • Publication number: 20040247216
    Abstract: A rolling bearing that attains long life against surface damage such as surface-originating separation or internally originating separation and allows caulking of its shaft end face, a cam-follower with roller employing the rolling bearing, and a cam are obtained. The rolling bearing includes an outer-roller, a roller shaft located inside the outer-roller, and a rolling element interposed between the outer-roller and the roller shaft. At least one member of the outer-roller and the roller shaft has a nitrogen enriched layer. A surface portion of an area in a rolling contact surface where the rolling element rolls has austenite grain size of No. 11 or larger. The end portion has hardness of not larger than HV300.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Ichikawa, Yasuyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6422656
    Abstract: A molded wheel and bearing assembly includes two bearings in a molded housing forming a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is molded into the hub of a caster wheel. The caster wheel is made by molding a hub around the bearing assembly, then molding a tread around the hub. No assembly of individual elements into the wheel is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Standex International
    Inventors: Thomas E. Denner, Robert Gosselin
  • Patent number: 6367885
    Abstract: A molded wheel and bearing assembly includes two butt-out bearings in a molded housing forming a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is molded into the hub of a caster wheel. The caster wheel is made by molding a hub around the bearing assembly, then molding a tread around the hub. No assembly of individual elements into the wheel is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Standex International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Denner, Robert Gosselin
  • Patent number: 6357926
    Abstract: The fixing device is intended for a roller of the type comprising a pulley mounted on a rolling-bearing device comprising a row of rolling elements arranged between a ball race provided on an outer ring integral with the pulley and a ball race provided on an inner ring. The device comprises a screw comprising a cylindrical rod and, at one end of the cylindrical rod, a head provided with a rotary-drive. The device comprises a sleeve arranged on the screw, said sleeve comprising a gripping surface for fixing on the inner ring of the rolling bearing and leaktight seal interacting with a turning part of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: SKF France
    Inventors: Helmut Hauck, Robert Stolz, Bettina Stoyke, Dieter Ploessl
  • Patent number: 6287014
    Abstract: A roll belt conveyor having a shaft that supports, adjacent to both ends, the inner ring of a rolling bearing whose outer ring carries a cylindrical tube encompassing the shaft, there being provided a seal on the outside of each rolling bearing, the roll comprising a ring-shaped bearing housing that presents an external peripheral surface, encasable through elastic deformation, into a superficial internal recess of the cylindrical tube, so as to lock, radially and axially to this the ring-shaped bearing housing, and retaining the adjacent rolling bearing against radial and axial displacements, at least in the inward direction of the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Svedala Industries Canada, Inc.
    Inventor: Alfredo José Salla
  • Patent number: 6106157
    Abstract: A tension roll includes a rolling bearing protected by a sealing disk and having an outer ring possessing an end face and a bore surface, and an injection molded plastic roller shell arranged on the outer ring of the rolling bearing. The roller shell includes sections that are molded in one piece and cover the end face and the bore surface of the outer ring up to the sealing disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Roland Haas, Josef Stork, Vedran Tadic
  • Patent number: 5836500
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for accurately guiding and treating textile strips of great width using a quasi-continuous roll which does not bend. The roll is used for guiding material presented in strip form, in particular a textile material which is in contact with a peripheral portion of the roll. The roll is sub-divided into tubular segments attached to one another by flanges supported by an inner ring of a ball bearing. An outer ring of the ball bearing is fixed in a collar integral with a support. In an angular region other than the one which is in contact with the material, the support, made from thin and flat sheet steel, extends radially outwardly to a region of attachment to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Asselin
    Inventor: Bernard Jourde
  • Patent number: 5593235
    Abstract: A device for mounting rolling bearing assemblies of the type incorporating an outer race ring, an inner race ring and a plurality of rolling bodies provided between the rings, and where each ring in the assembled position is arranged to be nonmovably interconnected to an assembly element, involves one of the outer and inner race rings being equipped with an arrangement for fitting the race ring so that at least a portion of one of its side faces to a counter surface situated in a substantially radial plane. The race ring is securely attached to the corresponding assembly element or a detail firmly connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Sven Gothberg, Hans Wendeberg
  • Patent number: 5380104
    Abstract: A roller bearing comprises inner and outer cup-shaped members which interfit and respectively have races on which balls run enabling the members to rotate one relative to another. The outer cup shaped member is for plugging into the end of a roller sleeve to seal the interior thereof from moisture ingress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: BNL Limited
    Inventor: David M. Garnett
  • Patent number: 5297875
    Abstract: Head structure for rotatably supporting shafts and the like, including fixed head bodies, each of which defines a seat for the accommodation of bearings which are connected to the shaft to be supported and which defines an axial cavity which rotatably accommodates a pin which can be removably coupled to an end of the shaft so that it rotates rigidly therewith. Each head body has a slider-like portion which can be moved to access the seats in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: Giovanni Gattrugeri
  • Patent number: 5137196
    Abstract: A wrap material spreader roll includes a smooth, cylindrical tube having spiral flights at opposite end portions thereof formed from spirally wound wires of circular cross-section, the wires having respective inner ends defined by a radially inwardly projecting portion which is received in a respective hole provided in the tube. The spreader roll is mounted to opposite support walls by respective bolts having hexagonal heads received in hexagonal bores provided in the inner races of a pair of roller bearings that are pressed into the opposite ends of the tube, the bolts having respective threaded stems received in keyhole-shaped holes provided in the walls and having nuts received thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: William A. Ardueser, Henry D. Anstey
  • Patent number: 5046869
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a conveyor roller tube for a belt conveyor or the like about a fixed shaft includes a housing to which a roller tube is attached, an end cover positioned on the fixed shaft adjacent one side of the housing, and a bearing interposed between the housing and end cover permitting rotation of the housing relative to the end cover. The housing and end cover cooperate with the bearing in a manner facilitating the assembly of the bearing assembly and preventing axial shifting of the assembly components relative to one another when assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Wyko Incorporated
    Inventors: Clark A. Roberts, Ian Smith
  • Patent number: 4926529
    Abstract: A tenter frame is illustrated wherein a chain is fabricated by press fitting a pin receiving bushing constructed of Vespel and the like into a steel bushing and then boring a pin receiving opening therein and utilizing wear strips constructed of Vespel in a dovetail configuration opposite the tenter chain providing a lubrication free tenter wherein the chain may be tensioned without excessive stretching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Marshall and Williams Company
    Inventors: Christopher E. Hosmer, John F. Whaley
  • Patent number: 4609320
    Abstract: A flexible workpiece transporter is provided with a guide roller adapted to move laterally with the flexible workpiece transporter to thereby inhibit chafing of the guide roller as a result of the lateral movement of the transporter relative to the guide roller. Chafing of the guide roller can be further inhibited by providing the guide roller with ends which are tapered so as to contact a relatively smooth upper surface of the transporter rather than a pair of relatively sharp longitudinal edges thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Inventor: Richard H. Rubin
  • Patent number: 4606659
    Abstract: A bearing and stub shaft assembly for a belt conveyor or the like provides a non-rotatable connection between the stub shaft and the inner race of a bearing supporting one end of a cylindrical roller. An inner surface of a central cup in the inner race and the deformed elliptical outer surface of a hollow end of the stub shaft interfit to give a simple, non-rotational connection. At the same time, a cylindrical coil spring captured within the end of the stub shaft as it is deformed is compressed within the central cup to provide a preload to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1986
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Martin J. Hogan
  • Patent number: 4486056
    Abstract: A support roll assembly adapted to be rotatably journalled between spaced frame members comprising an elongated hollow support roll, and support pins mounted in opposite axial ends of said roll, at least one of said support pins being supported in a ball bearing consisting of an outer ring having a generally cylindrical outer race and terminating in a radially inwardly facing thrust shoulder, an inner member having a groove-shaped inner race and formed integrally with the support pin and a plurality of balls arranged in the annular space between the inner and outer races and elastic means in the form of a sealing plug adapted to be mounted in the thrust shoulder of the outer ring and including an axially inwardly yielding elastic wall confronting the inner axial end face of the inner member and fastening means in the form of a fastening screw member engaging in the threaded bore section of the inner member to secure the inner member and support pin to the frame and being of a predetermined configuration so th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Wilhelm Meyer