Abstract: A fixing assembly for fixing a revolving shoe of a rolling member guide to a supporting element, including an eccentric assembly having a cylindrical bore in a revolving shoe, a cylindrical pin fixed on the one hand in a bore of the supporting element and accommodated on the other hand in a cylindrical pin bore arranged eccentrically relative to the cylindrical outer face of the eccentric bush, the revolving shoe 2 being adjustable relative to the running tracks of the guiding rail via a collar provided with an outer hexagon so as to permit adjustment of play by displacement, additionally, the cylindrical bolt has a threaded extension onto which a nut may be screwed, a securing plate fixed the position of the eccentric bush and the nut, and a fixing pin assembly with a cone is provided which engages a corresponding conical bore of the supporting element.

Abstract: A rotary body of hard material with a plastic supporter and a method of manufacturing therefor, which essentially comprises a coating film coated with the rotary body and removed after molding so as to make a clearance between the rotary body and the supporter, so that rotation of the rotary body may be allowed smoothly. The method of this invention defines steps of molding, coating of film and removing of the film so as to obtain rotation of rotary body relative to the plastic supporter.

Abstract: A dust-free linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly includes a U-shaped bed of a length, a table and a plurality of rolling members interposed between the bed and the table to provide a rolling contact between the bed and the table. A take-up/supply roller is rotatably mounted at each end of the table and a shield palte has its base end fixedly attached to the take-up/supply roller and has its forward end fixedly attached to the corresponding end of the bed. Thus, as the table moves linearly relative to the bed, the shield plate is either supplied as unwound from the take-up/supply roller or taken up as wound around the take-up/supply roller to keep the opening of the bed covered by the shield plate. Thus, the interior space of the bearing assembly is kept shielded at all times without any scrubbing action between the shield plate and the bed.

Abstract: A journal for a bearing of a precision slide system comprising a support having a blind bore with connecting means in the form of a screw or bolt adapted to secure the support in the journal having a head of complementary shape to a rebate of the journal, and means to bind the journal and screw or bolt together. The blind bore has a rebate therein and the screw or bolt is adapted to be accommodated in the rebate and adapted to connect the bearing and support whereby there is a substantially flush surface across the support and connecting means.The bore has a female thread and the rebate has a frusto-conical shape, and is carried by a ball race of the journal, which ball race is mounted on a second one (FIG. 1), which in turn rests on a nut, the support passing through the nut to be secured to a base or machine plate (FIG. 5). The bearing is formed of two vertically (as shown) mounted wheels which form a 70.degree. V-groove for receiving the edge of a slide of the system.

Abstract: A peristrophic internal combustion engine with increased power output has greater torque and reduced friction. The distance of rotation between the inertia weights and the crankpins is increased to increase torque. These transposed inertia weights are embodied in top and bottom journals of the connecting rods and in the pistons assemblies. Each piston assembly includes a top piston-ring-holder piston and a lower, bearing piston joined to reciprocate in the cylinder. The lower bearing piston may have a circumferential ring, cylindrical barrel rollers, or spherical ball bearing arrangement contacting the cylinder wall while the upper piston carries the piston rings. The spherical ball bearing arrangement allows lower piston rotation about the piston axis. Inner and outer cylinder liners increase the cylinder operating life and reduce combustion heat loss through the cylinder wall.

Abstract: A ball spline linear motion rolling guide unit comprises: a ball spline shaft on which first track grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction at predetermined positions on an outer peripheral surface; a hollow outer cylinder having a hollow hole into which the ball spline shaft is slidably inserted; second track grooves formed on an inner peripheral surface of the hollow hole so as to face the first track grooves of the ball spline shaft; and balls inserted between the first and second track grooves, wherein the arc center of the second track groove formed on the outer cylinder is slightly deviated to the side of the ball spline shaft from the center of the ball inserted between the first and second track grooves, the entrance portion of the second track groove is formed by an arc surface having a diameter which is slightly larger than the diameter of the ball, thereby constructing a supporting portion of the balls, and an almost V-shaped notched groove is formed in a bottom portion of each of the first a

Abstract: A bearing utilizing a plurality of wires has the races for the roller bodies provides individual lining strips between each wire and the groove walls of the receiving structural members of the bearing. These lining strips are braced in two mutually perpendicular directions against two mutually perpendicular countersurfaces of the grooves and a yieldable connection can be provided between the pair of lining strips in one or both of the grooves so that the bearing prestress and play can be adjusted.

Abstract: An improved linear guiding mechanism with a standing part and a moving part which have respective uniform cross sections. A pair of spaced guiding channels is formed between these parts and respective linear ball bearings are arranged in both channels that interconnect the two parts. The channel walls are abutting the balls via steel bars extending along the channels. Preferably the standing part defines a cylinder in which a piston is moved and its shaft is connected to the moving part. The parts are made of light and soft material such as aluminum or plastic and manufactured by extrusion technique. The rather high variation of dimensions of such parts are compensated by means of biasing forces that press the channels together, and the biasing forces are sufficiently high to resist operational load. The length of the ball bearings is at least the half of the maximum stroke.

Abstract: An automatically tiltable small roller structure, which comprises a shaft, a small roller including an elastic rubber cylinder and a sleeve, and a plurality of bearing balls. The sleeve is integral with the inner periphery of the elastic rubber cylinder, and mainly composed of polytetrafluoroethylene (fluoroplastics). The shaft is fitted in the roller structure. The bearing balls are fitted in a circumferential or annular groove formed on the shaft, and are provided such that they are in rolling contact with the inner periphery of the roller and the outer periphery of the shaft in the groove. The groove is provided at a middle point between the opposite ends of the roller. The depth of the groove is set such that the bearing balls project slightly from the groove, so that a slight gap is formed between the inner periphery of the roller and the outer periphery of the shaft. The axes of the roller and shaft are thus slightly tiltable in relation to each other.

Abstract: A homokinetic joint including a first element (1,2) extending along a first axis and carrying three radial arms (3) evenly angularly spaced apart and defining spherical bearing surfaces (4), a second element (10) having a second axis intersecting the first axis and capable of making an angle therewith, the second element defining three pairs of raceways (9), intermediate elements (5) disposed between the spherical bearing surfaces and the raceways, rolling members (8) being interposed between the intermediate elements (5) and the adjacent raceways (9). The raceways (9) provided on the second element (10) are formed by cylindrical surfaces having a roughly circular cross-section and generatrices parallel to the axis of the second element, the rolling members being balls (8).

Abstract: Ball element for use in material handling equipment in which a rotatable ball is movable by a pneumatic piston from a first to a second position relative to a friction surface.

Abstract: Apparatus for securing a fragile cylindrical tube within an envelope by using at least two spaced-apart mounting rings which tend to center the tube within the envelope. Each mounting ring is provided with three radially-extending through-holes, and an elastic sphere having a diameter greater than the thickness of the ring placed in each through-hole is in contact with the inner surface of the envelope and the outer surface of the tube, thus centering the tube within the envelope.

Abstract: Apparatus to isolate an object or equipment from earthquake motion comprises:(a) rollable bearing means supporting such structure for lateral motion generally parallel to a support;(b) and other means including interengaged bowl and roller elements to yieldably resist such lateral movement of the structure.Typically, the bowl element defines a bowl-shaped surface having an upright axis, and the roller element comprises a ball urged into engagement with that surface to exert lateral load on the object or equipment when the ball engages the bowl surface in laterally spaced relation to the bowl axis, one of the elements carried by the object or equipment to move laterally therewith and the other element carried by the support.

Abstract: A ball sleeve for guiding axially displaceable parts includes bearing cage (3) that is formed integrally with coil springs (4), (4) which extend from both axial sides of cage (3).

Abstract: A support mechanism for a cylindrical coordinate type industrial robot comprising a stationary upstanding tubular outer member and a displaceable inner member supported within the outer member to undergo axial displacement in upward and downward directions and angular displacement in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The supporting mechanism includes a bearing interposed between the inner and outer members, the bearing including a retaining member rollably retaining thereon a plurality of rollable elements. An elastic balancing and restoring device for applying elastic biasing forces in opposite axial directions to the upper and lower ends of the retainer member is operative in the event the retainer member fails to maintain proportionate displacement with the inner member to temporarily increase the magnitude of the force difference between the oppositely directed elastic biasing forces in a direction effective to restore the proportionate displacement.

Abstract: A nested plastic slide is disclosed having three pieces that fit together with very little spacing between parts. The vertical dimension of all parts is greater than the horizontal dimension. The part most subject to damage is the inner piece, which is removable and thereby replaceable by the removal of a single peg. Except for a few individual ball bearings included in approriate recesses, no metal parts are required.

Abstract: A support member for a precision optical instrument includes an integral bearing guide member for providing relatively friction-free movement to a movable member. The integral member 15 is pivoted with respect to the movable member to adjust the amount of play between the support member and the movable member.

Abstract: A telescoping torque transmitting shaft comprising a shaft having at least three longitudinally extending circumferentially spaced guide grooves and a sleeve axially slidably surrounding the shaft and having an inner counter groove opposite each guide groove. Torque is transmitted between the shaft and the sleeve by a row of balls for each guide groove, each ball being partially received in its guide groove and partially received in the counter groove opposite its guide groove. At least certain of the balls in one row are of resilient elastic material; all others are substantially harder. Bias imposed upon the shaft by the resilient balls, urging the shaft in one lateral direction relative to the sleeve, maintains every ball in torque transmitting contact with both the shaft and the sleeve, while the harder balls in the other rows, by such contact, maintain the elastic balls compressed for exerting such bias.

Abstract: A linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly including a rail, a slider and a plurality of rolling members interposed between the rail and the slider for providing a rolling contact therebetween is provided. The rail includes a bottom wall and a pair of side walls extending upward from the opposite sides of the bottom wall, so that the rail has a U-shaped cross section. The slider includes a frame which is comprised of a top wall and a pair of side walls depending from the opposite sides of the top wall, so that the frame has a U-shaped cross section. Each of the side walls is provided with a guide groove so that the rolling members are interposed between the rail and the slider as partly fitted in a pair of associated guide grooves.

Abstract: There is a holding device of a rolling bearing for rectilinear motion in which a plurality of rolling members such as balls or rollers are rectilinearly arranged at regular intervals in track grooves or track surfaces. This holding device has a rectangular plate-like shape made of a plastic material. Many windows are formed at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of the holding device. Each window is formed so as to have the relation of S<L<D<E (where, S and L are outside diameters on both sides of the window and E is an inside diameter thereof and D is a diameter of each ball). The outside diameter of the adjacent windows in the same side surface of the holding device differ. This holding device is manufactured by injecting and molding a plastic material into the rectangular molding die at high pressure and high temperature. In this case, many barrel-shaped window pins are disposed in the cavity of the die at regular intervals in its longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A mounting member having an upper peripheral side wall to receive a ball member, and a lower connecting portion to be placed in locking engagement through a bottom opening in a base member. The side wall is positioned within a base support member for limited up and down movement; a plurality of spring-like washers are positioned between the mounting member and the base support member to urge the mounting member and the ball member which it supports to an upper support position.

Abstract: In order to provide a wire roll bearing with slide and guideway (2), and roll bodies arranged therebetween on running wires (3), with said running wires (3) being shiftably arranged in the wire bed (5), where any kind of shape is possible of the running wire and the bearing, any desired curvings can be simply produced and even one-sided shifting of the running wire (3) can be equalized, the running wires (3) are tensioned at one end or at both ends by the interposition of spring means (6,7).

Abstract: A combination of a guide rail and a linear bearing mounted astraddle thereon for linear rolling movement. The guide rail is of T-shaped cross section, having a head on both sides of which there are formed two pairs of parallel ball raceways of arcuate cross section, with each pair of raceways vertically spaced and angled away from each other. The linear bearing includes a body of inverted-U-shaped cross section having two pairs of ball raceways of arcuate cross section formed on its inner surfaces in opposed relation to the two pairs of raceways on the guide rail. A ball return passageway extends longitudinally through the bearing body in the adjacency of each raceway thereon. Fastened to the opposite ends of the bearing body, a pair of segmented end covers have hairpin grooves formed in their inside surfaces, each hairpin groove intercommunicating one raceway on the bearing body and one adjacent return passageway therein to allow recirculation of a group of antifriction balls.

Abstract: In combination a guide sleeve, guide post having an exterior longitudinal slot, reciprocally projected into the sleeve and a ball cage mounting a plurality of ball bearings mounted upon the post for relative longitudinal and rotary movements thereon and interposed between the post and sleeve. A roller bearing is mounted within an internal annular recess in the cage and retainingly projects into the post slot limiting longitudinal movements of the cage relative to the post. The ball cage is free for rotary movements relative to the roller bearing, the post and sleeve. A radial bore in the cage is located outwardly of the recess and has notched corners for crosswise insertion of the roller bearing into the post slot and for positioning within the annular recess. A set screw in the bore traps the roller bearing. In a modification, an internal slot in the cage is opposed to the post slot, with the slots guiding the roller into the recess.

Abstract: A sequencing mechanism for a sequential drawer slide includes a resiliently compressible sequence control roller carried by the intermediate slide member and mutually opposing bosses on the drawer and cabinet slide members. The bosses are in the travel path of the control roller to selectively engage the control roller and compress it therebetween at the transition point to thereby smoothly sequence movement of the slide members.

Abstract: Ball element for use in material handling equipment in which a rotatable ball is movable by a pneumatic piston from a first to a second position relative to a friction surface.

Abstract: A linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly includes a trough-shaped bed, a trough-shaped table which straddles the bed, a plurality of balls interposed between the table and the bed for providing a relative motion between the table and the bed along the longitudinal direction of the assembly, and a retainer for retaining the balls in position. The retainer includes an elongated plate provided with a plurality of holding holes for holding the balls in position and at least one side projection which projects sideways from the plate so as to maintain the retainer in its intended position. Preferably, the top and bottom side projections are provided on both sides of the plate so that the retainer has an I-shaped cross section. The retainer is also preferably provided with one or more tabs provided around each of the holding holes so as to securely hold the balls in position. The side projections may be provided also in the form of a plurality of dots.

Abstract: An antifriction ball bearing assembly features a tubular, cylindrical ball retainer or cage which is carried for both reciprocating and rotational movement on an associated shaft or bushing member by means of a key or slide member which is slidable in an axial or longitudinal groove formed in the shaft or bushing and which projects radially into an annular groove formed in the bearing retainer.

Abstract: A bearing body of substantially U-shaped cross section has right and left skirts interposing therebetween a central cavity formed in its central lower part as well as opposite recesses formed in the inner peripheral side surfaces of the skirts. The bearing body further has several axial ball rolling surfaces provided on both sides of the recesses. The ball rolling surfaces are simultaneously ground in such a manner that grinding wheels having a thickness equal to the width of the recesses are brought into contact with the recesses, respectively, with a predetermined infeed angle. Also disclosed is a limited sliding bearing unit incorporating therein the above-mentioned simultaneously ground type bearing body. The bearing unit further includes a track shaft and a pair of cages.

Abstract: A rolling-contact bearing assembly includes an inner guide member having a U-shaped cross section, an outer guide member having a U-shaped cross section and arranged to substantially enclose the inner guide member as oriented in the same direction in a piggyback fashion, and rolling members interposed between the inner and outer guide members to allow a relative motion therebetween. Such a piggyback arrangement is advantageous in enhancing the structural integrity of the assembly and making the assembly smaller in size.

Abstract: An unlimited sliding ball spline comprising a spline bearing consisting of an outer cylinder, a ball retainer provided on the inner side of the outer cylinder, and a plurality of balls held by the ball retainer in a plurality of unlimited passages formed on the inner side of the outer cylinder, in such a manner that the balls can be rolled in the unlimited passages; and a spline shaft supported on the plural balls in the spline bearing. The ball spline is capable of making linear, axial reciprocating movements and torque-transmitting rotational movements separately or simultaneously. Especially, the outer cylinder of the spline bearing is provided on a substantially intermediate poriton of an outer surface thereof with a circumferential member used to combine the spline bearing with a third member, such as a housing, or transmit and receive power to and from a third member.

Abstract: A dust-free linear motion rolling-contact bearing assembly includes a track rail having a generally U-shaped cross section, a table having a generally inverted U-shaped cross section and received in the track rail and a plurality of rolling members interposed between the table and the track rail such that the table can move along the track rail freely. The present assembly also includes a pair of shielding plates each extending between one end of the table and the corresponding end of the track rail so that, as the table moves along the track rail, the shield plates keep the track rail covered at all times thereby preventing any undesired foreign matter, such as debris and dust, from getting into the assembly.

Abstract: In a linear guide apparatus including an elongated rail having a plurality of rolling member rolling grooves formed axially thereof, a saddle-like sliding member on the rail and provided with an axially extending recess having rolling member rolling grooves opposed to the rolling member rolling grooves of the rail, a number of rolling members rolling between the rolling member rolling grooves of the rail and the sliding member, a retainer for rollably retaining the rolling members, and end caps attached to the opposite ends of the sliding member and forming a circulation path for the rolling members, at least one of the rail and the sliding member is constituted by a base member made of a metal and extending in the form of a tube, and a filling member filling the hollow of the base member.

Abstract: A linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly includes a U-shaped rail of thin steel plate, a U-shaped table of thin steel plate which straddles the rail, a plurality of rolling members interposed between the rail and the table and a retainer for retaining the rolling members in position. Each side wall of the rail is provided with a curved section having oppositely extending slopes on which a pair of upper and lower inner guide surfaces are defined. Each side wall of the table is also provided with a curved surface having a pair of upper and lower outer guide surfaces which are located opposite to the pair of inner guide surfaces of the rail. A first plurality of rolling members are provided as interposed between the upper inner and outer guide surfaces and a second plurality of rolling members are provided as interposed between the lower inner and outer guide surfaces.

Abstract: An inner race for a swashplate mechanism comprising an inner race having on its outer surface a ball groove extending at an angle to its longitudinal axis, and an outer race surrounding the inner race and having a ball groove formed in its bore, and a ring of balls rolling in the grooves of the two races characterized in that the inner race is formed as a tubular sheet-metal element with a ball groove formed therein without metal removal and having a hub bush in its bore to receive a shaft.

Abstract: In a rolling bearing for rectilinear movement which is made by thin steel plates, the thickness of thin steel plates of table and bed are set to be thicker than those of conventional ones in order to provide rigidity, then the steel plates are formed due to press forming so as to have U-shaped cross sections. Track grooves each having a V-cross section are formed in the side walls of the table and bed. The V-shaped track grooves are subjected to cutting work and heat treatment and thereafter they are ground in order to improve the accuracy. Thus, it is possible to provide a cheap and light-weight rolling bearing for rectilinear movement which has high accuracy and high rigidity and is fitted for mass production.