Antifrictionally Mounted Wheels Patents (Class 16/98)
  • Patent number: 12158032
    Abstract: The door guiding device 5 for a push-in type door comprises a plurality of guiding rails 10 extending horizontally along a back-and-forth direction while being apart up-and-down from each other and being fixed to the lateral wall 1b of the receiver body 1; a plurality of sliders 20 each supported by the plurality of guiding rails 10 slidably to the front and rear direction; in interlocking frame 30 extending vertically (vertical frame) and being linked with the plurality of the sliders; and a hinge mechanism 50 disposed to the slider or the interlocking frame 30 for supporting the door 2 rotatably about the rotational axis line. One end of a turnbuckle 60 (support member) is linked with the slider 20 and another end is linked with the interlocking frame 30. A position of the forward-inclined door 2 by a deadweight is corrected to a vertical standing position by the turnbuckle 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 12102281
    Abstract: Provided is a rail device for a dishwasher including a guide main body part; an upper support roller part coupled to one side of the guide main body part to be rotatable with respect to a central axis; a lower support roller part coupled to one side of the guide main body part to be rotatable with respect to a central axis; a guide rail part extendedly formed along the sliding direction with one side inserted into the space between the upper support roller part and the lower support roller part; and a rack roller part having one side inserted into the guide rail part and the other side coupled to one surface inside the main body of the dishwasher or coupled to the sliding basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SEGOS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Myun Lee, Sai Ryun Kim
  • Patent number: 11913267
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a door track, a door operatively connected to the door track and adapted to move between a closed position and an open position, and a hinge assembly coupled to the door. The hinge assembly is movably coupled to the door track and includes a first bracket coupled to the door, a second bracket coupled to the first bracket, and a transport assembly coupled to the second bracket and adapted to move along the door track as the door moves between the open and closed positions. The transport assembly includes a coupling member for releasably coupling the second bracket to the transport assembly. Upon movement of the second bracket from the first position to the second position, the door moves to an extended open position with respect to the door track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Braun Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Bettcher, III, Russell Meyer
  • Patent number: 11466495
    Abstract: Apparatuses, such as shower door frame kits, for installing sliding shower door assemblies are provided. The apparatuses enable secure and convenient installation of the sliding shower door assemblies, while keeping water that may escape a shower area to a minimum. The apparatuses of the present disclosure also provide for efficient installation of the sliding shower door assemblies that can be completed with a single tool and/or in a single step. The apparatuses for installing sliding shower door assemblies may include one or more of a shower door header, a wall jamb, a shower header retainer, a shower door catcher, a roller assembly, a corner bracket, and a shower threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Christine Lacasse Veilleux, Martin Desaulniers, Dominique Robert-Beaudoin
  • Patent number: 11178991
    Abstract: A decorative mount for attaching to a ceiling. The decorative mount includes a pair of opposing vertical members defining a first channel. A first opening is at a downward facing side of the first channel. The first channel is for receiving a plurality of carriers. A support cross member spans the vertical members above the first channel. A decorative surface is positioned on a frontward facing side of the decorative mount. A lip is horizontally aligned along the rearward facing top edge of the mount. The lip is integral with top of the mount and configured such that the lip attaches directly to the ceiling such that the decorative surface faces frontward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: J Michael Dobin, Michael Handler
  • Patent number: 10661839
    Abstract: A roller assembly for a hood actuation system includes a mounting block and a fastener having a shaft extending through the mounting block. The fastener is configured to couple the mounting block to an actuator of the hood actuation system. The roller assembly also includes at least one driving roller. The shaft of the fastener extends through an opening in the at least one driving roller to couple the at least one driving roller to the mounting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Dana Lee Froemming, Michael Sylvester Bares, Jonathan Richard Nistler, Christopher Jerel Brosz
  • Patent number: 10562456
    Abstract: An extendable and retractable step platform assembly is provided for a front of a vehicle to afford a user with a better view and reach for accessing an engine compartment. The step platform assembly includes a guide rail system coupled to a front frame of the vehicle. A step platform is coupled to the guide rail system. The step platform provides a substantially planar surface configured to support a load for an extended time. The step platform moves in a horizontal direction between a first position that is retracted behind a front bumper of the vehicle, and a second position that is extended beyond the front bumper of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua S. Lynch, Jeffrey S. Knutsen
  • Patent number: 9032589
    Abstract: A method of height adjusting a hanger bolt with a threaded shaft and side flats in a threaded retainer of a bogey proceeds by rotating the bolt to adjust the axial position and height of the bolt relative to the retainer. A keeper of a lock mechanism housed within a body of the bogey is slid into an engaged position against flats of the bolt in order to prevent further rotation of the bolt relative to the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: RMD Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Stylianos Pelekanos
  • Patent number: 9032588
    Abstract: A covering of a building opening includes a rail, a first sash having a guiding slot, a second sash hinged with the first sash and having a center of rotation at an end thereof, a pulley assembly, and a restricting assembly. The pulley assembly is movably received in the rail and has a rod. The rod has a protrusion section extending out of the rail, and the protrusion section enters and leaves the guiding slot while the pulley assembly is moving. The restricting assembly has a moving member and a locking base. The moving member is provided on one of the first sash and the second sash, and the locking base is provided on the other. The moving member is moved by the rod and engages the locking base when the rod leaves the guiding slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 8869351
    Abstract: A hanger for a sash of a window to detachably engage the sash with a rail of the window, and the hanger includes a pulley assembly and a restricting assembly. The pulley assembly has a base and a plurality of pulleys mounted on the base for rotation. The pulleys engage the rail so that the pulley assembly moves in the rail. The base is provided with a slot. The sash is provided with a rod. The rod engages the slot of the pulley assembly to engage the sash with the rail, and the rod leaves the slot via a lateral opening thereof while the covering rotates for a predetermined angle. At this time, the sash is disengaged with the rail to be moved off the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 8695165
    Abstract: A bogey assembly including a body for supporting a cantilevered hanger bolt, a wheel to support the body on a rail and a roller, spaced lengthwise of the body and offset relative to the wheel, so as to bear against an overhead surface and resist rotation of the body away from the rail when load is applied to the hanger bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: RMD Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Stylianos Pelekanos
  • Patent number: 8677564
    Abstract: A bogey assembly (1) for supporting a hanger bolt, the bogey assembly (1) including a body (2) for supporting the hanger bolt when in use and a lock mechanism (32) operatively mounted to the body (2), the lock mechanism being operable so as to be able to adopt a locked condition, where the hanger bolt is restricted from movement relative the body (2), and a unlocked condition where the hanger bolt can be moved relative to the body (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: RMD Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Stylianos Pelekanos
  • Patent number: 8474097
    Abstract: A hardware system for mounting a structure includes at least one roller assembly and a base surface. A roller assembly includes a substantially round outer ring, a substantially round inner ring, and a frame that structurally engages at least a portion of a side surface of the inner ring. The frame and the side surface of the inner ring remain stationary with respect to each other when the outer ring rotates about its axis of rotation. One or more roller assembl(ies) may be included within a hardware system for mounting a structure such as a door panel, a window panel, a window covering, a decoration or the like that is able to be rolled along a base surface by the roller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventors: Stefan B. Andren, Jeff Ray Miller
  • Patent number: 8393114
    Abstract: The device used to hold a separation element includes a carriage with a carriage body and at least one wheel which rolls on a running surface of a rail. The carriage is releasably connected to a mounting element which is connected to the separation element. The mounting element which is mounted laterally on an upper edge of the separation element includes a guide profile provided with a first guide surface which holds a lower and an upper flange element of the carriage body inserted therein which can be displaced along the first guide surface extending inclined by a first angle relative to the upper edge of the separation element and can be locked in an appropriate position by means of locking elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hawa AG
    Inventors: Gregor Haab, Hans Wüthrich
  • Patent number: 7891052
    Abstract: A carriage which serves to hold a panel, has at least one running element such as a magnet, a wheel and/or a sliding element which is held by at least one corresponding magnetic element or supported on a running surface of an at least approximately U-profile or L-profile-shaped rail. The carriage comprises one or two carriage parts which can be anchored to the panel by mounting elements, such that the two carriage parts can be anchored on the opposing sides (4a, 4b) of the panel. One carriage part is further contemplated, which can be introduced into a groove arranged on the upper side of the panel between the sides and anchored there by the mounting elements. Further provided is a carriage and a mounting device which can be coupled to the carriage and to the glass panel with two assembly parts which are each formed or mounted on one side on the upper side or within a groove of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hawa AG
    Inventors: Karl Haab, Gregor Haab, Cornel Fuglistaller, Reto Beck
  • Publication number: 20100313382
    Abstract: A hardware system for mounting a structure includes at least one roller assembly and a base surface. A roller assembly includes a substantially round outer ring, a substantially round inner ring, and a frame that structurally engages at least a portion of a side surface of the inner ring. The frame and the side surface of the inner ring remain stationary with respect to each other when the outer ring rotates about its axis of rotation. One or more roller assembl(ies) may be included within a hardware system for mounting a structure such as a door panel, a window panel, a window covering, a decoration or the like that is able to be rolled along a base surface by the roller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan B. Andren, Jeff Ray Miller
  • Patent number: 5368396
    Abstract: A roller and track arrangement for sliding members, has an elongate track with one or more slots extending into the track. Each slot has a first position at its outer end and an enlarged portion toward its inner end. Support members extend into the slot or slots. Rollers on the support members are positioned in the enlarged portions. The enlarged portions can be circular in cross-section with ovoid rollers. The enlarged portions can also be elongate in cross-section. The rollers can then be spherical. A particular use is for telescopic sliding roof sections for an open back truck. Tracks are mounted on the top edges of the truck side walls. The roof sections extend into the slots and carry the rollers. Seals for the slots and between ends of the roof sections can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Inventor: Dan R. Cantrell
  • Patent number: 5070575
    Abstract: A sliding door suspension system and a sliding door assembly for supporting a heavy sliding door from a door frame includes a rail horizontally mounted to the door frame. The suspension system includes a roller assembly which rollingly engages the rail and supports the heavy door. The roller assembly includes an axle or shaft having a bearing surface. The axle has at least one threaded end for securing the roller assembly and for attaching the roller assembly to a door hanger from which the heavy door is suspended. The roller assembly further includes a roller with a concentric hollow bore for seating a bearing assembly or bushing through which the axle extends in supportive engagement with the bearing assembly. The rail has a convex arcuate upper roller guide surface. The roller has a concave arcuate roller guide engaging surface which conforms to and engages the upper surface of the rail. The roller assembly also includes a door height and alignment adjusting member which threadably engages the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Post Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl E. Redman, James Ingram, Terry Potter, Milo Cejka, Joe Dorie, Larry Newman, Alfred J. Peirish
  • Patent number: 5063636
    Abstract: A track system for an operable wall includes carriage assemblies for partitions or operable wall sections including at least four wheels per assembly, the wheels being mounted on vertical shafts and having beveled lower surfaces for cooperating with beveled riding track surfaces integrally and conformably supported by support brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Advanced Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Warren S. Dickson
  • Patent number: 4915032
    Abstract: A door hanger assembly for a rapid transit railway passenger car includes an axially elongated generally cylindrical support shaft, and a door carrier assembly which includes a pair of bearing modules received and supported within opposite ends of a tubular sheath for rolling engagement with the support shaft and a door hanger depending from the sheath. Mounting members connected to opposite ends of the support shaft carry threaded fasteners for securing the hanger assemby to the frame of an associated rail car. Annular wipers and lubricant retainers carried by the bearing modules wipe and lubricate the support shaft as an associated sliding door carried by the hanger assembly moves between its open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Inventor: Walter Drews
  • Patent number: 4830179
    Abstract: A belt conveyor includes an assembly of conveyor idler rollers for supporting a conveyor belt advancing thereon. Each conveyor idler roller includes a cylindrical body that is freely rotatable about a shaft. A keeper seal prevents axial displacement of the cylindrical body along the shaft and inhibits foreign matter from penetrating into the central opening of the cylindrical body. The keeper seal comprises a radially projecting collar at the proximal end of the shaft which mates with a radially projecting groove formed in the cylindrical body to prevent axial displacement of the cylindrical body along the shaft and to inhibit foreign matter from penetrating the central opening of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Freeflow Industrial Ltd.
    Inventor: Edward R. Fyfe
  • Patent number: 4798149
    Abstract: A wheel lock assembly for reversibly rotatably mounting a wheel assembly which comprises an inner race and an outer race and bearings disposed therebetween on a trolley which includes a central bore having a central axis and having a substantially annular recess eccentric relative to the central bore. The wheel lock assembly includes an axle member, the axle member including a cylindrical body portion having a longitudinal axis and an enlarged substantially annular head portion eccentric relative to the longitudinal axis. The wheel lock assembly further includes a cap member and locking screw for fastening the cap member to an end of the body portion of the axle member to draw the cap member into frictional engagement with the inner face and to draw the head portion of the axle member into mating engagement with the recess of the trolley arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Florkey's Conveyor Service, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank F. Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 4722150
    Abstract: A slider (41) for guiding the top of a sliding door (12) in a channel (42) comprises spaced cheeks (56) between which extends a rib (59) which engages one side of the channel, and flexible tongue (60) which flexes between the cheeks and is thereby biased into engagement with the other side of the channel. Another embodiment of door guide has a pair of wheels (113, 114) having enlarged rims at one end for engaging opposite walls of a door guiding channel. One of the wheels is inverted relative to the other. Thus, the rim of one wheel is at a higher elevation than the rim of the other wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Acme General Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Jacobs, Auguste J. Menard
  • Patent number: 4642844
    Abstract: A trolley assembly including a channel shaped body and a pair of frictionless bearing assemblies which include a split tubular spring liner constituting the outer race of the bearing and the wheel axle extends through the space between a plurality of roller bearings positioned between the axle and the outer race. End spacers are secured between the trolley wheels and the body for controlling the end play of the roller bearings and of the trolley wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: National Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: James R. Johnston
  • Patent number: 4617867
    Abstract: A trolley bracket comprises at least one element (3', 3") which comprises a pivot (8) for receiving a wheel (2) movable along a guide (1) and rotatable by way of a bearing (5), and a member (9) hanging down from the pivot and having an element (10) for connecting the element to an object to be carried by the bracket. The pivot (8) and the hanging member (9) are formed as an integral piece from plastic, e.g. injection-moulded, fibre-reinforced polyamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Stellana Plast AB
    Inventor: Ingemar Arneteg
  • Patent number: 4601521
    Abstract: Rolling apparatus comprising a support member, first bearing means connected to the support member for rotating relative to the support member, and a first tire of material softer than the bearing means mounted on the circumference of the bearing means, the tire having a circumference that increases from a smaller diameter side to a larger diameter side and a lip extending radially inward over a portion of the bearing means on the larger diameter side of the tire, whereby the lip is biased against the bearing means as the tire travels, and is prevented from moving off the bearing means at either side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Proconics International, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard F. Foulke
  • Patent number: 4552073
    Abstract: A monorail carriage for use with H-beams wherein carriage rollers mounted on frame-cantilevered shafts remain in continuing full-length running engagement with the monorail beam flanges throughout varying downward load deflection of such flanges. Rockable roller bearing elements at opposite ends of each roller include one which is spring loaded so as to force translation or displacement of the roller in response to flange deflection so as to maintain such full-length contact of the roller with the beam flange, although with attendant shift of the center of pressure lengthwise of the roller on the track flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Beebe International, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn S. Smith
  • Patent number: 4538323
    Abstract: There is disclosed a truck assembly which is movable along a track and adapted to support a door panel, or the like, for corresponding movement. The truck assembly comprises wheel members mounted to a pair of axles. The axle are in turn supported by a carriage assembly which includes bearing arrangements for each wheel. The carriage assembly further includes holding means for maintaining the bearing assemblies in supportive position. A hanger member for the door panel is also provided, and is mounted to the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Lawrence Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry Johnson
  • Patent number: 4457046
    Abstract: A track roller carriage assembly, a pair of joining plates joined face to face and each having a half-round deformation portion intermediate its ends, the two deformation portions defining a bolt aperture the upper edges of the joining plates being notched downwardly to provide receiving shoulders, and a suspension bolt having on it a head which contains slots which engage side faces of the joining plates adjacent the notches to thereby prevent rotation of the suspension bolt itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Inventor: Lance M. Vater
  • Patent number: 4340215
    Abstract: In a bearing and support for use either as a bearing, per se, or as a bearinged support for other items and incorporating the bearing of this invention; the bearing includes at least a pair of rotatable members that rotate or counter-rotate about a common axis, a shaft supporting the rotatable members for rotation about its common axis; roller, ball, sleeve, or other forms of bearings disposed between the rotatable members and the shaft to facilitate the rotation of the members therearound; a structural member incorporating a series of keepers upon its upper and lower edges and which retain races or tracks, and being disposed for having one of the rotatable members associated thereon to provide a bearing suspended support for holding other items, or the body of a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Inventor: Raymond J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 4306756
    Abstract: An improved roller assembly is adapted for use with an upwardly-acting door structure. The improved roller assembly includes an inner ring mounted on a shaft, a sectional outer ring arranged to form an outer race for capturing ball bearings between the rings, and an outer cup-shaped member roll formed to hold the assembly together and to provide an outermost tire adapted to be moved along a track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1981
    Assignee: Whiting Roll-Up Door Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Lauren C. Whiting
  • Patent number: 4265181
    Abstract: A rolling bearing type traction wheel and hub assembly which is especially adapted to ride upon either flat (i.e. horizontal) or laterally sloping surfaces such as trolley trackways and/or the opposite side flanges of supporting I-beams or the like; the axis of wheel rotation being in any case canted relative to the support surface. The wheel assembly comprises a generally cylindrical shaped inner bearing race/hub member which is fixed to an external support and is encircled by a rotatable outer race/wheel member, with rolling bearings enclosed therebetween. The wheel and hub parts are formed of sheet material and are so shaped as to novelly facilitate initial assembly thereof. When the device is operating under load the parts automatically float into self-aligning operational relationship and are retained in proper operative relationship without need of any auxiliary retention device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Columbus McKinnon Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Schreyer, Earl T. Leverentz, Thomas R. Nusz, Reuben P. Benton
  • Patent number: 4236456
    Abstract: A rolling trolley device adapted to ride upon opposite side flanges of a support beam; said trolley device comprising a generally V-shaped load supporting yoke bar of one-piece formation carrying at the opposite legs thereof a pair of generally tubular-shaped trolley wheel support housings; wheel support members extending from said housings at opposite sides of the legs of said bar; and support beam engaging wheels mounted upon said support members; said housings being keyed to said yoke bar legs in positionally adjustable relation thereon to adapt said device to operate efficiently on a large variety of support beam sizes and flange width and slope configurations. The trolley wheels are carried by said housings so as to rotate about axes which slope away from and into acute angle intersections with the planes of the trolley wheel contact/support surfaces; thereby directionally balancing out the thrust load and reaction load forces to provide an improved wheel tracking operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: Columbus McKinnon Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Schreyer, Earl T. Leverentz, Thomas R. Nusz
  • Patent number: 4229857
    Abstract: A hospital curtain track system utilizing a track switch which permits the use of a single privacy curtain selectively for each of a pair of adjacent bed cubicles. The switch and tracks are of two types, one type being a recessed system installable flush with the underside of and as an integral part of an original ceiling installation, and another type being surface mounted installable upward against the underside of an existing ceiling. Self splicing cubicle tracks provide easy assembly and versatility in space planning. One track switch unit between each two bed environment splices directly with the cubicle track and eliminates extra connecting parts including one complete track leg resulting in minimal installation time and expense. The switch utilizes a pull-chain actuated toggle for shifting a horizontally shiftable switch section into alignment with the desired curtain track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Inventor: Ellis I. Toder
  • Patent number: 4204719
    Abstract: In a bearing and support for use either as a bearing, per se, or as a bearinged support for other items and incorporating the bearing of this invention; the bearing includes at least a pair of rotatable members that rotate or counter-rotate about a common axis, a shaft supporting the rotatable members for rotation about its common axis; roller, ball, sleeve, or other forms of bearings disposed between the rotatable members and the shaft to facilitate the rotation of the members therearound; a structural member incorporating a series of keepers upon its upper and lower edges and which retain races or tracks, and being disposed for having one of the rotatable members associated thereon to provide a bearing suspended support for holding other items, or the body of a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Inventor: Raymond J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 4152872
    Abstract: An elongate guide track having at least one elongate ridge portion is fixed to a side wall of a vehicle in such a manner that the ridge portion extends substantially horizontally and projects upwardly. A vertical roller and at least one horizontal roller are rotatably connected to an end of the door through a pivotable bracket member. The vertical roller is formed at its peripheral wall with an annular groove so as to slidably receive therein the elongate ridge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1979
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanizaki, Michio Shinada
  • Patent number: 4109343
    Abstract: An improved trolley wheel assembly and method therefor. The assembly is useful in conveyor applications especially where sanitary conditions must be maintained such as in the food processing industry. The assembly has high load bearing capabilities and includes an antifriction plastic wheel extending about a pair of annular, metallic outer bearing race rings positioned back to back within a central opening of the wheel. The wheel extends around edges of the rings to maintain their axial positions and extends into recesses in the rings to prevent wear-producing rotation between the rings and wheel. The method includes prepositioning the rings in back-to-back alignment and placing or forming by molding the wheel therearound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1978
    Assignee: C. L. Frost & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Siegfried K. Weis, Douglas J. Van der Meulen
  • Patent number: 3971601
    Abstract: A trolley wheel is formed of plastic-like material and includes a bearing assembly, inner and outer metallic races and bearing means positioned therebetween. The entire assembly is formed of non-corrosive material. The bearing means and races therefore are accessible from the sides of the wheel for ease of cleaning during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: C. L. Frost & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick R. Sytsma