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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4690535 | Automatic film processor arrangement An automatic film processor arrangement is provided, which comprises a plurality of processing tanks each being charged with a processing liquid, and plural sets of a pair of rollers mounted within the respective processing tanks to continuously pass a ph... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4653344 | Laterally-disengageable bearing system This bearing system has been developed primarily for long rotating shafts having a number of support points and supported objects. A beam is preferably extruded with a T-slot in one face. The slot receives the heads of mounting bolts securing a split bear... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4624585 | Retainer bushing A retainer bushing for connecting a male member such as a shaft, rod or pin, for example the coupling pin of a motor vehicle clutch pedal, to a mechanical component having a bore accepting the shaft, rod or pin in the bore, for example the input member of... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4617514 | Disk and gear mounting in electric watthour meter A watthour meter frame for an electric watthour meter includes pairs of orthogonal machined plane surfaces against which bearings are urged for accurately positioning the ends of a disk shaft of an electric watthour meter. Clearances are provided in the w... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4615538 | Elastically flexible pivot bearing for mutual pivotable connection of parts of a motor vehicle A flexible bearing connects a wheel carrier of a motor vehicle to a wheel guide member and possesses a cylindrical screw bolt which is retained on the wheel carrier and extends freely away from the bearing, the bolt carrying a bearing body which is shock-... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4607965 | Composite bearing with metal housing having a bore, with a tubular plastic insert therein An improved bearing for supporting a bi-fold door member. The bearing is formed from a block of high molecular weight polymer material having a bore extending from its top surface to its bottom surface. The bore is configured to tightly receive a shaft. T... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4592389 | Rotary valve A rotary valve which includes a valve sleeve having a cylindrical internal cavity and a plurality of axial grooves formed on the wall surface of the internal cavity; a valve spool fitted in the internal cavity of the valve sleeve and rotatable relative to... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4566810 | Steam turbine rotor shaft A steam turbine rotor shaft made of precipitation-hardened forged austenite steel, comprising first, second and succeeding layers of build-up welding provided on an outer surface of a bearing portion of a journal section in the rotor shaft, the first laye... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4561787 | Composite sliding surface bearing In a composite sliding surface bearing comprising a load-carrying backing shell, a bearing metal layer provided on the inside surface of the backing shell, and a sliding surface layer provided in the inside surface of the bearing metal layer, an interlaye... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557529 | Vacuum interrupter guide bushing retainer means A retainer member formed from wire or sheet metal secures the movable contact rod guide bushing to the end plate closure of a vacuum interrupter.... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4494290 | Split bushing and tool kit A cut or split bushing having a set of holes or apertures along one or both sides of the bushing for receiving pinching finger elements of a tool. By this structure, one is capable of grasping the bushing at its apertures for axial insertion into or axial... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4432659 | Fuel pump armature shaft bearing A cylindrical Teflon bearing insert for a rotating shaft is molded into a fuel pump end housing with a hexagonal inside diameter and outside diameter recess to provide flat bearing surfaces for a shaft and a mechanical interlock in the end housing. A long... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4426162 | Rotor shaft A rotor shaft suitable for use as the rotor shaft of a steam turbine. The rotor shaft has a rotor shaft portion made of a Cr alloy steel having martensite structure and containing 8 to 13% Cr. The rotor shaft body is provided with at least one journal por... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4402556 | Roller assembly for dishwasher rack A plurality of roller assemblies are mounted on the side liner walls of the washing compartment of an automatic dishwashing machine to movably support a dishrack which is insertable and withdrawable from the compartment to facilitate loading and unloading... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4277876 | Method for rotating a track chain bushing It is recommended practice to turn each bushing in a track chain of a track-type vehicle which is composed of interconnected bushings and links after a measured amount of wear has occurred to expose different wear surfaces and extend the useful life of th... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4261625 | Release bearing having rigid bearing bosses deflecting dirt or grime A release bearing having an axial bore is received for sliding movement on a guide member thereon. The bore is provided with substantially rigid bearing bosses disposed at the axial extremities of generatrices of the bore and having inclined leading edges... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4175806 | Radius rod or rocker arm bushes A bush assembly for a radius rod or rocker arm includes an eye at an end of the rod or arm oscillatable on a pin the ends of which are engaged in a bracket, a pair of resilient outer bushes being engaged on a pair of tubular outer spacers on the pin and i... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4151681 | Arrangement for mounting hinge pin sockets to cabinet doors An arrangement for mounting hinge pin sockets within cabinet doors, particularly adaptable to reversible door refrigerators, including an anchor plate frictionally secured within each door corner, and formed with a hole pattern for receiving threaded fast... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4114961 | Bearings The big end bearing cap of an internal combustion engine connecting rod is connected to the remainder of the connecting rod by bolts which locate the big end bearing shells both angularly and axially of the bearing. The machining of the bearing surface is... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4072368 | Sliding-surface bearing and process of manufacturing the same The bearing comprises a bearing metal layer, a sliding-surface layer consisting of a lead alloy which contains copper and tin, and an additional layer which is disposed between said bearing metal layer and said sliding-surface layer and adjoins the latter... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4070623 | Moving-coil electrical instruments with bearing structure In a moving-coil electrical instrument the electric coil is rotatably mounted on a spindle for angular displacement about the axis of the spindle. The ends of the spindle are located in respective bearings disposed in apertures of a frame and each bearing... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4017127 | Sleeve type flanged bearing A split multipiece flanged journal bearing for use as an engine crankshaft thrust-journal bearing or the like wherein the thrust flanges and journal bearing shells are semi-cylindrical and have interlocking means to prevent rotational motion of the thrust... | 04/12/1977 |
