Abstract: A joint assembly including a housing including an inner diameter portion having a tapered surface; and at least one shaft having an outer diameter portion having a tapered surface that is complementary in shape to the inner diameter portion of the housing, where the shaft is adapted to rotate relative to the housing, and where the frictional fit is adjustable by modifying the axial position of the shaft relative to the housing.

Abstract: A marine vessel has a hull with a bottom, a bow, a stern, and a propulsion arrangement including at least three propulsion units arranged at the stern of the marine vessel. The marine vessel has a base line and a centerline. The at least three propulsion units include a fixed centerline shaft propulsion unit with a shaft line and a propeller, and two turnable propulsion units with respective propellers and arranged at opposite sides of the fixed centerline shaft propulsion unit for steering of the marine vessel. For improving thrust efficiency, while maintaining optimal steering capability, the propeller of the fixed centerline shaft propulsion unit is arranged at a given distance aft of the stern of the marine vessel.

Abstract: An auger conveyor includes a housing, at least one first mounting bracket, at least one second mounting bracket, an auger screw and one or more auger support assemblies. The first mounting bracket has a first landing and the second mounting bracket has a second landing. The first and second mounting brackets are attached to the housing at diametrically opposite positions. The one or more auger support assemblies each have a lateral member connected to a bushing assembly. The auger screw has a rotational axis and is rotatably mounted relative to the bushing assembly. First and second ends of the lateral member each have a geometry adapted to slidably engage with the first and second landings, respectively. The auger screw and the one or more auger support assemblies are adapted to be received within and removed from the housing as an assembled unit, through the first end of the housing.

Abstract: An auger conveyor is provided that includes a housing, at least one first mounting bracket, at least one second mounting bracket, an auger screw and one or more auger support assemblies. The first mounting bracket has a first landing and the second mounting bracket has a second landing. The first and second mounting brackets are attached to the housing at positions diametrically opposite one another. The auger screw has a rotational axis. The one or more auger support assemblies each have a lateral member connected to a bushing assembly. The auger screw is rotatably mounted relative to the bushing assembly. First and second ends of the lateral member each have a geometry adapted to slidably engage with the first landing and the second landing, respectively. The auger screw and the one or more auger support assemblies are adapted to be received within and removed from the housing as an assembled unit, by insertion/removal through the first end of the housing.

Abstract: A roller shaft mount or support secures a shaft end of a conveyor roller at and between opposite sidewalls of a conveyor. The shaft support includes a mounting portion mountable to a sidewall of the conveyor and a clamping portion. The clamping portion is movably attached to the mounting portion and movable relative thereto. The shaft support receives a roller shaft at least partially therethrough. The clamping portion is movable relative to the mounting portion so as to clamp the roller shaft within the shaft support in response to movement of the clamping portion relative to the mounting portion. The clamping portion may move along a ramped surface toward and into engagement with the shaft of the roller in response to adjustment of a fastener to clamp the roller shaft within the shaft support.

Abstract: An adjustable support for journals and hinge pins, especially for use with doors and gates. A rotary member (14) including an eccentrically positioned receiving bore (16) to take up a journal or hinge pin is supported so as to be rotatably adjustable in a bearing bore (12) of a bearing block (10). A setscrew (22) extending transversely of the bearing bore (12), passing through the same, is held for rotation in the bearing block (10) but fixed against axial displacement. The setscrew (22) touches the rotary member (14) such that a toothing of the type of a worm gear forms in the rotary member (14) as the setscrew (22) is turned.

Abstract: In the case of a textile machine comprising drafting units that are disposed next to one another, the bottom cylinders are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the machine so that they continue along several or all drafting units. The continuous bottom cylinders are disposed at several bearing points which are arranged at a spacing from one another in the longitudinal direction of the machine. It is provided, in the case of the delivery bottom cylinder, to design at least some of the bearing points such that they can be radially adjusted. As a result, radial directional deviations of the delivery bottom cylinder can be compensated which occur along its longitudinal dimension.

Abstract: A holding arrangement for a spindle of ring spinning or ring twisting machines. The holding arrangement includes a spindle housing which can be inserted in a receiving bore of a spindle rail and tightened by a ring flange and a nut screwed onto an external thread. The receiving bore includes a guide surface for guiding the spindle housing over only a portion of the length of the receiving bore while permitting tilting of the spindle housing in the receiving bore. Between the spindle rail and the ring flange and/or the nut, an adjusting ring is arranged which can be rotated when the nut is at least loosened. The adjusting ring is constructed as a non-uniform spacing element, by the rotating of which the relative position of the spindle housing and the spindle rail can be adjusted.

Abstract: An adjustable rotational coupler includes a housing having an interior bore concentric with a central axis of the housing. The housing is mountable to a mounting member. Threaded adjusters can be used to adjust the housing with respect to the mounting member such that an attitude of a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the housing is adjustable with respect to an attitude of a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the mounting member. A rotatable inner race is adjustably disposed in the interior bore of the housing such that a face plate is mountable to the inner race. Threaded adjusters can be used to adjust the inner race with respect to the housing such that a central axis of the face plate is transversely adjustable with respect to the central axis of the housing.

Abstract: A sideframe (12) of a printing press has a slot (18) having opposed elongate grooves (30, 32) receiving an adjustable gib (14) and a fixed gib (16) respectively for receiving a rotary die journal bearing block (10) therebetween in sliding movement. The adjustable gib has a stem (38) received within the associated side groove (30) and attached by adjustment fasteners (40), each of which includes an eccentric portion (42) received with an associated stem opening (48) to move adjustable gib relative to fixed gib which has a stem (56) received within the associated side groove (32) and attached by fasteners (58), to vary the width of the slot. The adjustable gib includes an elongate groove (54) which receives a bearing block key (86) said key being attached to said bearing block by an adjustment fastener (74) to permit lateral adjustment of said bearing block relative to said sideframe.

Abstract: The centrifuge has a drive rotating a rotor whose position relative to the vertical axis of the centrifuge is monitored by an unbalance sensor located on the installation plate which is accommodated in a recess of the ring in a plane perpendicular to the vertical axis. The ring is installed on the mounting surface of the drive casing with a provision for being moved and set relative to said surface so that the plane of the ring is constantly parallel with the lower surface of the rotor. The installation plate has a hollow for accommodating the unbalance sensor, the shape of the surface of said hollow being mutually complementary with the shape of the mounting surface of the drive casing and the installation plate is located in said ring with a provision for moving in said plane perpendicular to the vertical axis.

Abstract: A bearing take-up apparatus is provided which allows easy removal of a bearing block supported by the bearing take up apparatus. Two slotted end walls extend from a base to support the threaded rod used with the bearing block and to prevent lateral movement of the rod. A covering piece has holes in one of its ends, which line up with a hole in an end wall. A throughbolt secures the covering piece to at least one of the slotted endwalls via holes in the endwalls, so that the throughbolt forms a hinge for the cover piece, when the other end of the covering piece is released. The threaded rod can be lifted and the bearing removed, when the cover piece is hinged upwards, about the throughbolt. The cover piece includes components to hold the threaded rod down when the cover piece is secured at both of its ends.

Abstract: A journal bearing block (10) has opposed sides (62, 63) received in sliding relation between the opposed sides defined by gibs (14, 16) of a slot (18) of a printing press sideframe (12). One of the gibs (14) has an elongate groove (54) and one of the bearing block sides (62) has an adjacent elongate groove (74). A key (86) is received by the bearing block groove (64) and includes an outstanding portion (90) extending into the gib groove. The key includes a threaded opening (70) and is connected to the bearing block by a rotatable adjustment screw (74). The key is narrower than the bearing block groove but substantially the same thickness as the gib groove, whereby rotation of the adjustment screw causes the key to travel laterally in the bearing block groove with the result that the bearing block, with its rotary die journal travels laterally relative to the sideframe (12).

Abstract: A rod end has a split clamp housing which supports a bearing for transferring motion or loading forces from an actuator to another part to be loaded. An adjustable stop for the clamp is used to adjust the backlash of the bearing used with the rod end to a desired level without causing distortion. A spherical washer set is used for transferring loads between the two clamp portions. The housing for the bearing is clamped against the spherical washer set at a preselected loading so that the bearing is able to rotate and swivel as needed, but backlash is removed.

Abstract: An adjustable mounting mechanism for a distribution roller in a printing, duplicating or like machine which includes a moisture or ink system having a plurality of distribution rollers for distributing moisture or ink to a printing couple of the machine. A pair of fixed rollers and a removable roller are located on the machine in a triangular configuration with parallel axes of rotation. The adjustable mounting mechanism includes a triangulated array of pivot arms movable generally perpendicular to the axes of the rollers. Two of the pivot arms define a V-shaped yoke to cradle the removable roller, and the other pivot arm defines a clamp for holding the removable roller in the cradle. Each of the other two pivot arms and, therefore, the removable roller is adjustable generally radially toward and away from the respective fixed roller to adjust the pressure or gap between the removable roller and the respective fixed roller.

Abstract: Compensating device able to compensate the load acting on e upper bearings (13-17) of shafts of rolls (10) supported at only one end on rolling stands (18), such rolls (10) comprising shafts (11) having at least two bearings (13-14), an upper bearing (13) and a lower bearing (14), the device comprising springs (20) able to provide a resiliently yielding constraint between such bearings (13-14).

Abstract: A mounting particularly adapted for a shaft of printing press cylinder to position the cylinder in parallelism with a companion cylinder comprising a pair of identical brackets adapted to be mounted on laterally spaced upright supports for holding opposite ends of the shaft wherein one bracket is positionable to be horizontally adjustable and the other vertically and wherein each bracket consists of two parts mating along a parting plane extending in the central axis of a bore defined by opposing semi-cylindrical concavities formed in respective parts when they are connected to each other, the parting plane being so located that each has one end terminating at one side of the axis of the bore and the other end at the other side of the axis so that one part of each bracket may be mounted on its related support and will cradle the respective end of the shaft so that it will not fall out of its concavity and thus the other part of each bracket may be easily assembly with the one part without the necessity of phy

Abstract: An improved screw conveyor hanger comprising a top frame, a pair of upper bar members fastened to said frame and fastened to each other in opposed configuration, a pair of lower bar members each fastened at one end to the upper bar members and at the other end forming by a fixed spacial relationship a bearing enclosure, a bearing of split cylindrical configuration, key means to prevent rotation of the bearing in its enclosure, optional means for introduction of a lubrication tube into said hanger allowing penetration of lubricant to the bearing inner surface, optional gusset and welding means to strengthen said hanger.