Abstract: A bearing assembly is designed for high-speed heavy-duty vertical shafts and has a casing (1), antifriction bearings (3) with outer (5) and inner (4) races, and a load redistribution system (A). The load redistribution system (A) has elastic members (7) provided between the outer races (3), rigid spacer sleeves (6) provided between the inner races (4), and coupling members (8) engaging one another and, via separating members (9), the elastic members (7).

Abstract: A thrower constructed for the mining industry and comprises a rotatable rotor pivotally connected by means of at least one connecting rod with a bucket adapted to receive and unload material. The spacing of the axis of rotation of the rotor from the axis of rotation of the adjacent pivot of the connecting rod is twice the spacing between the axes of rotation of the two pivots of the connecting rod, parallel with the axis of rotation of the rotor. In operation, the drive of the thrower effects rotation of the rotor and of the connecting rod in the same direction at the same speed, as well as rotation of the bucket in the same direction at a speed which is twice the rotation speed of the rotor. The material is loaded into the bucket in the lower portion of the rotor, since the absolute speed equals zero at this point of its path.