Abstract: Apparatus for marking continuously moving objects, wherein the marking device is caused to move during the marking process. The marking device may comprise a die guided to enable its movement with the object to a determined displacement, or, alternatively, the die may be externally controlled to move, through a given displacement, at the speed of the object.

Abstract: In a marking system for stamping materials such as aluminum strip, a pulse of determined energy is supplied to a solenoid, to impart a determined kinetic energy to a die. The die is guided to dissipate substantially all of this kinetic energy in the deformation of the material being stamped. The pulse of energy applied to the solenoid may be controlled by a programmable computer, programmed to control the duration of time that a current is applied to the solenoid. The computer may control a plurality of such solenoids, controlling the times and relative numbers of operation of each of the solenoids.

Abstract: A cage for a ball bearing is formed by a series of side rings connected in a circular arrangement by crosspieces. The crosspieces have surfaces formed thereon for defining cage pockets in which balls are inserted and held. Each side ring is thin-walled, whereas the crosspieces are relatively thick, so that the cage is elastic. The walls of each cage pocket comprise four circular cylindrical surfaces, an opposing pair of which are integrally connected to converging conical surfaces formed on the projections. The projections may extend either radially inwardly or radially outwardly from the crosspieces or both. The balls of the bearing are held in the pockets by the converging conical surfaces.

Abstract: A rolling bearing unit, in particular a play-adjustable bearing arrangement, comprising a bearing shaft, a housing having a bore, and angular contact ball bearings having outer rings arranged in the housing bore and inner rings arranged on the bearing shaft. The shaft is provided with three annular grooves, a threaded portion, and an axial groove along the threaded portion. A locking ring is arranged in the first annular groove, a first cover is arranged on the shaft and abuts the locking ring, and the inner ring of the first bearing abuts the cover. The adjustment of the bearing play is achieved by adjustably arranging a second cover on the threaded portion of the shaft to abut the inner ring of the other ball bearing. The securing of the second cover against rotation relative to the shaft is achieved by deforming or indenting the boss of the cover to engage the axial groove.

Abstract: An hydraulically actuated clutch release, in particular for automobile clutches, comprising a housing having a cylindrical portion and a flange in which a port for the intake of a pressure medium is incorporated, a cylindrical sleeve, an annular piston having a flange and slidably arranged between the cylindrical sleeve and the cylindrical portion of the housing, thereby forming a pressure medium-admitting chamber, a clutch release bearing having a non-rotating bearing ring, an outer cylindrical sleeve, and a compression ring. The outer cylindrical sleeve comprises two portions of different inner diameter and a bead connecting the portions. One portion fixedly contacts the non-rotating bearing ring and the end face of the annular piston flange, and the other portion covers a portion of the outer sliding surface of the annular piston. The compression spring is arranged between the bead of the outer cylindrical sleeve and the flange of the housing.

Abstract: A snap ring for axially holding an axially inserted machine element has a ring joint in the installed condition and is positioned with radial prestress in an annular groove formed in the bore of a ring, housing or the like. In order to ensure that the snap ring does not snap out of the annular groove when axial loading is exerted, the ring joint is formed by the interlocking of at least one projection formed on one end of the snap ring and a corresponding recess formed in the other end of the snap ring, each having oblique surfaces for preventing relative radial displacement between and for aligning the respective ends having the projection formed thereon and the recess formed therein.

Abstract: A tension roller for enabling adjustment of the tightness of a driving belt, comprising a solid support and a bearing press-fit thereon. The solid support has an axially extending mounting bore eccentrically arranged therein and a seating surface formed circumferentially thereon. A plurality of balanced bores are circumferentially distributed in the support in order to obtain a uniform radial elasticity at the seating surface. The balance bores may have a diameter equal to or less than the diameter of the mounting bore. In the latter case, the shortest distance between the balance bore surfaces and the seating surface is equal to the shortest distance between the mounting bore surface and the seating surface. The resultant uniformity of the radial elasticity prevents deformation of the bearing.

Abstract: A guide is affixed to the lower surface of a tablet. A rail is reciprocally movable in the guide in a plane parallel to the lower surface of the tablet. A strut is affixed to the rail and extends perpendicular to the plane of the lower surface of the tablet to support the tablet at an angle to the surface. The longitudinal axis of the strut is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rail and substantially parallel to the plane of the lower surface of the tablet.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a driven wheel of a vehicle, comprised of a rolling bearing whose outer ring is provided with a flange for affixing the assembly to a vehicle frame or the like. A wheel hub is provided with a flange for supporting a wheel. A drive joint is provided for driving the hub wheel, and a pin or the like is provided for holding the parts together. The axially engaging end surfaces of the wheel hub and drive joint are provided with engaging teeth for the transmission of torques. In order to interconnect the parts precisely to one another for centering and to ensure their reliable interconnection, the inner ring of the rolling bearing is mounted on the outer surface of the wheel hub and/or the drive joint, and end surfaces of the inner ring abut first shoulder surfaces of the wheel hub and the drive joint. The wheel hub and the drive joint directly abut one another at the end surfaces with are provided with substantially axially extending and intermeshing projections.

Abstract: A roller casing for a pulley is comprised of coaxial ring halves mounted one over the other. The diameter of the running surface can be varied without varying the bearing size by employing corrugations in the circumferential direction, or by providing lateral radially outwardly directed rims on the inner ring part. Alternatively the iner ring may be comprised of two ring halves having their central parts directed toward one another.

Abstract: In a cage for rolling bearings, the material of the webs is forced into the cage pockets on the outer surface of the cage, to hold the rolling bodies from falling out of the pockets radially outwardly of the cage. The material of the webs is also formed to provide the projections extending perpendicularly from the inner surface of the webs, in order to inhibit falling out of the rolling bodies radially inwardly of the cage pockets.

Abstract: A rolling element bearing has annular seals between the races for preventing entry of dirt into the lubricant space. The seals are held to one of the races, and have weakened portions on at least one location about their periphery to enable excess pressure within the lubricant chamber to escape.

Abstract: A hydraulic release arrangement, especially for vehicle clutches, consisting of a housing (1,2,3) with a pressure space (6) sealed by a rolling bellows (7), in which the release bearing (4) is arranged to be displaceable in the housing (1,2,3) in the axial direction.In order to produce a compact hydraulic release arrangement and inhibit the bending in of the rolling bellows (7) in the low pressure range, a spacing element (27) is provided in the space defined by the rolling bellows (7) between the release bearing (4) and the housing (1,2,3), the spacing element being arranged to abut the inside of the bellows wall with axial prestress with an annular projection in at least one turned-back region (30) of the rolling bellows (7).

Abstract: A thin-walled bearing bushing produced by deep drawing, in particular for the seating of pins in universal joints, including a cylindrical sleeve section with a bottom section closing the sleeve off on one end. One or more concentric depressions are axially pressed in the outer surface of the bottom surface near the resulting sharp peripheral edges. A plurality of indentations, displaced radially inward relative to the depressions and reducing the wall thickness of the bottom section of the bushing, are provided on the outer surface of the bottom section so that the uniform bushing inner surface will have a large axial load-carrying capacity.

Abstract: A drill head having isostatically bonded therein the shank portions of hard, wear-resistant cutting elements. The drill head can include cutting elements of various shapes and contours. The varied shaped cutting elements result in additional resistance to forces encountered under operational conditions.

Abstract: A rolling bearing for lengthwise movement has a support formed of sheet metal and having a cross-section that is corrugated in the circumferential direction, so that axially extending channels are provided for the rolling bodies. The cage is comprised of two halves joined together in a radial plane, and having turnaround zones formed therein.

Abstract: An improved position determination device utilizes an energized movable pointer which is inductively coupled to a grid of spaced parallel electrical conductors for each coordinate direction. The termini of the spaced conductors of each grid are traversed by a respective magnetostrictive element. Strain waves are propagated from the region where each magnetostrictive element is traversed by the respective energized conductors to a sensor and the time between arrival of the strain waves and the arrival of reference strain waves from reference points on the magnetostrictive elements is computed to determine the coordinates of the pointer.