Abstract: A cage for the rollers in a roller bearing in which the roller axes (2) define an angle with the bearing axis (3) has two annular portions (4, 5) and intermediate cage bars (6) defining cage pockets (7). The bars are situated radially inside of the roller axes with respect to the bearing and a flange (8) for guiding the roller by contacting their ends is extending radially outwards from one of the annular portions (4). A protrusion (9) is arranged on the flange (8) in connection to each pocket (7) or insertion into a recess in the adjacent roller end and thereby keeping the roller in the cage pocket. A recess (10) in the other annular portion (5) opposite each protrusion (9) simplifies the snapping of the roller into its pocket in the cage.

Abstract: A spinning machine is provided with a thread monitoring device having a light source and a light sensitive cell to sense the thread running to a spindle from the front exit rollers. The thread monitor is formed of two parts, each having a housing arranged on either side of the thread. Within each housing is the light source and the light sensitive cell. The housings are each detachably connected to a slider which is adjustably held in a guide support that can be swivelled and locked in a carrier which is secured to the free end of a support rail running alongside and parallel to the roller supporting arm.

Abstract: Free wheel, the cage (5) of which consists of two identical half cages (6, 7) each incorporating an intermediate cylindrical envelope (8) which is firmly fixed to portions forming surfaces (9, 10), which may or may not be continuous, for bearing against the surfaces of the shaft (1) and the bore (2), or the same side as, or on the side remote from the row of cams (3), the said intermediate envelope (8) incorporating notches (12 to 18) of such a shape that it allows the two half cages when positioned facing one another to be fitted together by an axial movement, enclosing the said spring between the central envelope (8) and the surface (9) for bearing upon the shaft, and leaving rectangular openings (15-17, 16, 15-17, 16) for cams (3) to be radially introduced, which thus lock axially the two half cages.

Abstract: In a universal joint assembly consisting of a cross piece having at least one pin supported in a bearing bushing, the bearing bushing having a bottom section and an adjacent sleeve section; at least one fork arm having a recess extending in the direction of the pin machined to hold the sleeve section; a cover plate attached removably to the fork arm which holds the sleeve section transversely in place in the recess; a support acting on the bottom section in the longitudinal direction from the outside toward the inside, in the form of a strap integral with the cover plate, and attached to an outer end surface of the fork arm by screw fasteners or the like.

Abstract: A worm gear has a threaded spindle and a threaded nut, the thread on the spindle or the nut or on both having a profile such that the transition regions connecting the thread crown surface to the thread flanks are rounded, as is the crown surface itself. Further, the spindle thread and nut thread are intermeshed with axial and radial play such that radial forces exerted under torque loading are transmitted only by areas of the crown surface, which transmitted forces are supported by the respective areas of the opposing groove bottom. Smooth functioning is ensured even when the threaded spindle occupies a position of maximum inclination relative to the nut.

Abstract: A mounting tool for mounting a bearing assembly including an inner ring having a tapered inner peripheral surface and an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements in the annular space between the rings on a shaft member with a predetermined preload or play by means of a tapered sleeve confronting the tapered surface of the inner ring operable upon axial movement relative to the inner ring to exert a radial seating force on the inner ring of the bearing assembly comprising a mounting member movable axially on the shaft member and engageable with said sleeve member to actuate it axially relative to said inner ring, a spacing ring circumscribing the mounting sleeve and actuatable axially relative thereto and positioned to engage the inner ring when said mounting sleeve is moved axially to actuate the sleeve member and a stop ring having internal threads cooperating with threads on the mounting sleeve to selectively control the position of the spacing ring on the mounting sleeve and thereby control preload i

Abstract: Apparatus for producing a biaxial state of tension in a flat body in the form of a thin test specimen made of an elastic material comprising a plurality of clamping members adapted to be detachably secured to the periphery of the test body, a drawplate (15), elements connecting the clamping members to the drawplate including force transmitters in the form of cables, each cable connected at one end to a clamping member and at its opposite end by adjustable and removable elements to the drawplate, rerouting wheels (10) directing the cables (9) from the drawplate to the clamps to thereby distribute a uniaxial force on the drawplate uniformly to the clamping members via the rerouting wheels.

Abstract: A rolling bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring and rolling elements positioned between the inner and outer rings. A seal at each end of the bearing includes a sheet metal portion extending radially from and affixed to the inner ring, and an elastic seal portion sliding on the bore of the outer ring. A plurality of axially inwardly extending projections on the sheet metal portion have different lengths, with their lengths increasing with increasing diameters thereof.

Abstract: A support housing for a tension roller formed as a one-piece deep drawn sheet metal cylindrical sleeve having a bottom end part which includes an eccentric bore therethrough, part of the bottom being axially displaced for increased stiffness and stability.

Abstract: In a constant velocity joint having an inner and an outer part with opposite grooves in which are arranged rolling bodies guided by a retainer, the grooves and/or the rolling bodies are provided with a friction coefficient increasing surface layer in order to give reduced contact stresses between rolling bodies and retainer.

Abstract: A sealing ring for a rotary shaft which serves to retain and/or return a lubricant, includes a generally annular rigid supporting member and a generally annular elastic sealing member connected to the supporting member. The sealing member terminates in a sealing surface contacting the shaft with one side of the sealing surface directed toward the ring lubricant and the other side toward the atmosphere. On the atmospheric side, spaced-apart projections rest against the shaft surface. Projections on the lubricant side also press against the shaft surface. The projections on both sides include edges oriented obliquely to the shaft axis which provide pumping action when the shaft rotates. Lubricant pumped under the sealing surface to the atmospheric side by projections on the lubricant side is pumped back by the projections on the atmospheric side. In the process the seal is lubricated.

Abstract: A clamping ring for use e.g. as a support around a jointing sleeve during explosion welding consists substantially of two preferably equal ring halves (1,2) connected to each other over slots (3) limited by flanges (4,5) comprising surfaces (6,7) which form an angle (.alpha.). The surfaces co-operate with opposing surfaces (10,11) on an annular clamping member (9) which enclosed the flanges. Means, e.g. screws (12), are provided for bringing about a wedging action by displacing of the clamping member in relation to the clamping ring, thereby varying the bore circumference of the clamping ring. The force uniting the clamping ring halves is completely taken up by the clamping member (9) and does not stress the screws (12).

Abstract: A lubricating system including an annular channel, lubricant inlet and outlet ports communicating with the channel, a sealing ring made of flexible elastic material of U-shaped cross section mounted in the channel, a plurality of spaced apart supply holes in the ring, pressure in the supply port operable to displace the sealing ring to permit fluid communicating between the inlet port and one of the supply holes. The supply holes are arranged so that two holes are not disposed diametrically opposite one another.

Abstract: A sealing unit comprises two rigid, face-to-face shields, one of which is provided with an annular elastomeric member exerting sliding radial sealing pressure on a track of the other shield. The other shield is provided with a radially-outer edge bent in such a manner as to define, on a front outer surface of the shield, a concavity, and, on an inner surface, a corresponding convexity cooperating with an axial annular rib on the elastomeric member, for defining a further seal.

Abstract: A roller bearing unit comprising an inner race element having a homokinetic coupling at one end and a coaxial extension forming a gudgeon at the other end whereby two rotating tracks for two rows of rolling elements are provided on the outer surface of the inner race, an outer race having a conical shape surrounding the rolling elements and being integral with an attachment flange, whereby the rotating tracks for the rolling elements have different diameters, the larger diameter track being at the homokinetic coupling end and being closest to the attachment flange, the larger diameter track being formed directly on the inner race.

Abstract: A load-measuring arrangement for a rolling bearing consisting of a plurality of measuring junctions, each junction being connected to a respective pair of strain transducers arranged along a curved segment of a bearing ring, the strain transducers of each pair being circumferentially displaced at a predetermined interval corresponding to half the distance between adjacent rolling bodies. Each measuring junction is connected to an adder by way of a respective amplifier and rectifier. The plurality of strain transducers are sequentially arranged at narrow intervals along the curved segment, the length of the curved segment corresponding to the distance between adjacent rolling bodies.

Abstract: A rotary pump has a housing 1 with a driven rotor 7 installed in the housing 1. Vanes 12 are connected around the periphery of the rotor 7. Helical springs 14 are supported against rotor 7, which, acting on an inner surface of vanes 12, press the free end of the vanes 12 against the bore 6 of the housing 1. Each spring 14 has two coaxial sections of turns which spiral in opposite directions so that the springs 14 press the vanes 12 against the bore 6 of the housing 1 without tilting. These sections of turns are each designed with an adjacent support end 21 on the outer or inner section and a bail section, which is arranged between the inner and outer end of the sections of turns, connecting the inner and outer ends of these sections of turns rigidly together, and which projects radially beyond the sections of turns.

Abstract: A rotation-damping rolling bearing is provided with a damping element between a cover or sealing disk and a row of rolling elements. The damping element can be integrally formed with a cover disk, vulcanized on the support body of the sealing disk, integrally formed with the support, or connected to the sealing disk separate from the support. The sealing disk is provided with a flexible sealing lip. The damping element contacts the rolling bodies with axial prestress.

Abstract: A diametrical slot is provided in the bottom of the cup-shaped support of a tensioning roller assembly, for receiving a clamping bolt. A leaf spring is mounted in the bore and has a bending zone engaging the bolt, the leaf spring extending from on both sides of the bending zone to roll sections adapted to roll on and off the bore surface of the support so that, as tension is increased by the displacement of the bolt in the slot, a greater portion of the leaf spring rolls off of the bore surface of the support.