Abstract: A clutch release bearing is supported on a guide tube by an axially slidable support sleeve which has a radial flange. The inner ring of the bearing has a radial extension which is in surface-to-surface contact with one side of the guide tube flange to prevent tilting of the release bearing. The opposite side of the guide tube flange has elastic projections which are clamped by claws on the radial extension.

Abstract: A unitary one-piece rolling element retainer for roller bearings consisting of inner and outer rings and rolling elements between the rings. The retainer comprises a body member made of a foamed plastic material consisting of at least one homogeneous liquid impermeable hard and rigid outer peripheral surface portion and at least one porous portion of the same material. The porous portion is filled with the lubricant and includes at least one pocket for a rolling element in the body member. The rolling element contacts the porous portion to draw lubricant during operation and also contacts the outer surface portion at the periphery of the pocket to prevent escape of lubricant from the container except through contact with the rolling element.

Abstract: A slide bushing, adapted to be sprung into a round housing bore, is formed of a spring steel band having a thickness between 0.2 and 0.5 millimeters, and is provided with a plastic antifriction layer on the inner surfaces thereof. The slide bushing, when not installed, is in the form of an ellipse having a ratio of length between the major and the minor axes of 1:0.9, with the minor axis intersecting the slit.

Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly has inner and outer members, rotatable with respect to one another, and defining a pair of races therebetween. Each of these members has a flange-shaped portion for mounting the respective member. A separate row of rolling bearings is provided in each of the races. The outer member is formed with separable ring-shaped portions defining the running surfaces of the two races, the separable portions forming an inwardly directed annular ridge under ajoining faces, so that the rolling elements abut the sides of the ridge. One of the rows of rolling bearings has twice as many rolling elements as the other row.

Abstract: In a longitudinally moveable antifriction bearing having an endless row of rolling elements, with a zone for loaded rolling elements, a return zone for unloaded rolling elements and reversing sections joining the respective loaded zones and return zones, flexurally elastic tongues are provided for directing the rolling elements onto and away from the loaded zone.

Abstract: A nozzle for dosing, feeding and if necessary mixing substances, comprising a rotatable vessel of cup-like form having a base, a central hub portion and an outer wall spaced radially outwardly from the hub portion. The outer wall defines a pouring opening in its upper portion and has a plurality of outlet openings disposed at its lower portion. The vessel is rotatable about a central vertically disposed axis through the hub portion. A plurality of equiangularly spaced partition walls extending between the hub portion and outer wall divides the nozzle into a plurality of chambers. An outlet opening is provided in each of the chambers; and a receiving mold at each outlet rotatable with nozzle receives the molding material by centrifugal force.

Abstract: A ball bearing for linear movement on a shaft has a cage with oval guideways, and an outer sleeve surrounding the case. The cage has axially extending raceways for guiding loaded balls, the ends of the raceways joining radially outwardly directed transitions. The transitions are weakened by transversely extending grooves or slots, to provide resilience. The raceways may be axially extending radially inwardly directed ridges having central axially extending grooves, and the transitions may have V-shaped recesses with their apices at the ends of the grooves, to define two-point contact with the balls in the transition area of the bearing. A split sleeve may surround the outer sleeve for additional support.

Abstract: A ball bearing adapted for axial movement on a shaft is comprised of a cage having guideways defining endless paths having axially extending portions for loaded and unloaded balls, and semicircular end portions. An outer sleeve surrounds the central portion of the bearing and defines races for balls in the endless paths. End rings on the axial ends of the bearing radially outwardly cover the semicircular guideway portions. The semicircular guideway portions have outwardly convex bottoms, and the end rings have concave recesses in their inner surfaces aligned with the semicircular guideways. The convex portions of the guideways and the concave portions of the recesses have common centers of curvature extending parallel to the bearing axis and displaced outwardly therefrom.

Abstract: Lubricating compositions and shaped articles composed thereof are described which consist essentially of about 30 to about 60% by weight of an oil of lubricating viscosity, about 20 to about 50% by weight of a high molecular weight polymer, and about 20 to about 50% by weight of a heat conductive agent capable of conducting heat away from a bearing surface where it is generated. The high molecular weight polymer may, for example, be polyethylene, having average molecular weights in the range from about 1.0.times.10.sup.5 to about 5.0.times.10.sup.6. The oil may be a mineral oil, a diester oil or preferably a synthetic hydrocarbon oil having a viscosity in the range from about 13 to about 1200 millimeters.sup.2 /sec (mm.sup.2 /s) at 38.degree. C. (100.degree. F.) The heat conductive agent may be powdered zinc oxide, aluminum powder, or equivalents thereof in this invention. The compositions are semi-rigid gels which may be formed in a mold and used as is, or which may be shaped further after molding.

Abstract: A roller assembled from separately prefabricated parts has an outer tread body of an elastic material, a supporting body and, disposed therein, a rolling-element bearing, the supporting body holding the various parts together.

Abstract: A device for sealing and/or mounting a rolling-element bearing in a housing or on a shaft includes a sheet-metal disk secured to one of the bearing rings and an annular portion which interfaces with the other ring to form a seal. The disk has a second diverging annular portion which acts like a spring to urge the edges thereof into engagement with the housing or shaft for affixation thereto or to provide a resilient coupling between the bearing and housing or shaft.

Abstract: A rolling bearing cage made of an elastic material comprising an annular member having a plurality of circumferentially spaced pockets for rolling elements, confronting terminal end portions, at least one shoulder projecting in a peripheral direction from at least one of the terminal end portions adapted to engage the opposing terminal end portion under pre-tension, at least one recess in at least one of the terminal end portions adjacent the shoulder and extending inwardly from the side edge of the annular member so that the lug member functions in the nature of a leaf spring having limited pivotal movement in a peripheral direction. In this fashion the cage has elastic resilience within a relatively wide range in a peripheral direction without unduly overstressing the cage material.

Abstract: A pillow block assembly including a housing having an internal seat for a bearing and retaining means in the form of snap rings on both sides of the outer ring for limiting axial displacement of the outer ring of the bearing in the seat. The pillow block is convertible between free and held units. One form of conversion device comprises a screw member including a conical tip which engages in an annular groove in the outer ring having tapered circumferential sidewalls complementing the tip of the screw member. The screw member is actuatable between a first position permitting movement of the outer ring relative to the housing and a second position preventing axial movement of the outer ring in the pillow block housing. The screw member has a port extending therethrough and a head portion with a lubricant fitting and at least one radial port is provided in the outer ring connecting the annular groove to the interior of the bearing. This arrangement permits lubrication of the bearing through the screw member.

Abstract: A sliding seal ring for a drill bit comprising at least one cutter rotatably mounted on a journal forming part of the drill bit body. The seal ring is made of elastic metallic strip material and is of spiral configuration with the spirals in overlapping relation. The seal ring is mounted under axial tension between the pocket in an edge ring and the drill bit body and rotates with the cutter. In one form of the invention, the spirals are in abutting relation to provide a complete seal. In another form the spirals are open to define gaps permitting flow of flushing liquid to cool and lubricate the bearings supporting the cutter on the trunnion.

Abstract: A test head for the inductive surface testing of metallic workpieces is provided with eddy-current probes respectively disposed in a plurality of holes in a holder. Each eddy-current probe is part of an individual resonant circuit and formed of coil with a ferrite core, the axis of the coil extending substantially at right angles to the workpiece surface. The holder comprises an electrically or magnetically conductive material, thereby increasing the area over which the field of each said probe is effective.

Abstract: Mechanism for axially shifting an anti-friction bearing mounted in a bore of a housing extension or the like. The mechanism comprises an annular member such as the outer ring of the bearing mounted in the bore which has at least one radially outwardly directed protrusion engaging through an axial slit in the housing extension. The extension has external screw threads adjacent the axial slits to receive locking nuts on either side of the protrusion to fix the annular member in a selected position relative to the extension.

Abstract: Process of improving a sprayed layer on a bearing or tool component subjected to relatively high stresses, characterized in that the layer is remelted by a heat-source in a vacuum chamber, the heating being arranged such that only the layer itself is remelted.

Abstract: A vibration-absorbing antifriction bearing has inner and outer rings defining raceways for rolling elements distributed between the inner and outer rings. A resilient bushing surrounds the outer ring, and is held thereto by means of a sleeve having radially extending tabs engaging the sides of the outer ring and the bushing.

Abstract: A rolling bearing characterized by novel features of construction and arrangement wherein the rotational speed of the rolling bodies all have the same revolution speed under varying load conditions and even if they lie in different load zones or are of different size within reasonable tolerance limits. By this construction, the retainer pockets can be sized to provide small play for the rolling elements to enhance the guiding of the rolling bodies and eliminate undesirable noise. This, of course, eliminates force effects from the retainer for rolling elements which are larger or smaller than the nominal dimension. This is achieved by providing an oscillation ratio G.sub.i /G.sub.y wherein G.sub.I and G.sub.y are the spaces between the envelope surface of the rolling body and the race track in the inner race ring and the outer ring taken along a normal to the rolling body axis located at a distance from the rolling body center of a non-loaded bearing is greater than ##EQU1## in which .gamma.=D.sub.w cos .

Abstract: A pressure oil injector assembly characterized by novel features of construction and arrangement providing easy and quick mounting and dismounting and which has good transportability comprising an attachment and connecting member with connections for a pump housing of a pressure medium pump and a pressure pipe. The mounting arrangement is such that the high pressure side of the pump in in communication with the pressure pipe. The pump housing and pressure pipe are connected to the attachment and connecting member by means of threaded dowels which seat in threaded bores in the attachment and connecting member which are opposed to each other and spaced by a chamber or aperture. In the principal embodiment, a manometer seats in the aperture with a certain amount of play and is supported in a firm position between the inner terminal ends of the dowels.