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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7753595 | Printer drum bearing mount A bearing mount of a rotatable printer drum having a rotational axis includes a main drum bearing, rotationally supporting the drum and having an outer bearing race, and at least two secondary roller bearings, angularly spaced from each other. The secondary roller b... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7435005 | Seal for an antifriction bearing The invention relates to a tension roller (1) for a fraction drive, comprising a washer (2) mounted on an antifriction bearing and a spacer (4a). A sealing cap (13a) is provided between the washer (2) and the spacer (... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7150477 | Rotary joints Rotary joints are provided, to allow fluid to flow from a stationary member to a rotating member. The rotary joints include a housing, configured to fit over the rotating member, a rotatable coupling disposed within the housing, configured to be fixedly attached to ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128292 | Device for lifting paper rolls A lifting device for temporarily supporting a trunnion of a paper roll to relieve a bearing and its bearing block of load to facilitate replacement of the bearing. The lifting device includes an arch yoke and a cradle yoke having torque arms which are rigidly interc... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7041020 | Deflection pulley for a traction mechanism drive The invention relates to a deflection pulley (1), intended for a traction drive, which includes a rolling-contact bearing as well as a ring body (4). A securing screw (8) as well as a spacer sleeve (9) serve as retaining elements. In orde... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6995955 | Pivot assembly for hard disk drive use An apparatus for a pivot assembly that can strongly and reliably fix a sleeve to an outer ring, and in addition, that can also solve the problem of out gas. Ball bearing 2 are mated to both ends of a shaft 1, and to the outer circumference of these bal... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6860639 | Rotator with bearing, and method for manufacturing the same A pulley includes a radial rolling bearing and a pulley main body which are integrated to each other by an insert molding method. Therefore, a metal insert member is not required between the resin pulley main body and the radial rolling bearing, thereby reducing pro... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6422656 | Molded wheel and bearing assembly A molded wheel and bearing assembly includes two bearings in a molded housing forming a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is molded into the hub of a caster wheel. The caster wheel is made by molding a hub around the bearing assembly, then molding a ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6367885 | Molded wheel and bearing assembly A molded wheel and bearing assembly includes two butt-out bearings in a molded housing forming a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is molded into the hub of a caster wheel. The caster wheel is made by molding a hub around the bearing assembly, then m... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6357926 | Rolling-bearing roller fixing device and rolling-bearing roller including such a device The fixing device is intended for a roller of the type comprising a pulley mounted on a rolling-bearing device comprising a row of rolling elements arranged between a ball race provided on an outer ring integral with the pulley and a ball race provided on... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6287014 | Roll for conveyor A roll belt conveyor having a shaft that supports, adjacent to both ends, the inner ring of a rolling bearing whose outer ring carries a cylindrical tube encompassing the shaft, there being provided a seal on the outside of each rolling bearing, the roll ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6106157 | Tension roll A tension roll includes a rolling bearing protected by a sealing disk and having an outer ring possessing an end face and a bore surface, and an injection molded plastic roller shell arranged on the outer ring of the rolling bearing. The roller shell incl... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5836500 | Guiding device using a non-bending segmented rotary roll An apparatus is provided for accurately guiding and treating textile strips of great width using a quasi-continuous roll which does not bend. The roll is used for guiding material presented in strip form, in particular a textile material which is in conta... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5593235 | Arrangement for roller bearings A device for mounting rolling bearing assemblies of the type incorporating an outer race ring, an inner race ring and a plurality of rolling bodies provided between the rings, and where each ring in the assembled position is arranged to be nonmovably inte... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5380104 | Bearings for rollers A roller bearing comprises inner and outer cup-shaped members which interfit and respectively have races on which balls run enabling the members to rotate one relative to another. The outer cup shaped member is for plugging into the end of a roller sleeve... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5297875 | Head structure for rotatably supporting shafts Head structure for rotatably supporting shafts and the like, including fixed head bodies, each of which defines a seat for the accommodation of bearings which are connected to the shaft to be supported and which defines an axial cavity which rotatably acc... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5137196 | Manner of rotatably mounting a bale wrapping material spreader roll to support walls A wrap material spreader roll includes a smooth, cylindrical tube having spiral flights at opposite end portions thereof formed from spirally wound wires of circular cross-section, the wires having respective inner ends defined by a radially inwardly proj... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5046869 | Conveyor bearing assembly A bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a conveyor roller tube for a belt conveyor or the like about a fixed shaft includes a housing to which a roller tube is attached, an end cover positioned on the fixed shaft adjacent one side of the housing, and ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4926529 | Tenter frame apparatus and method A tenter frame is illustrated wherein a chain is fabricated by press fitting a pin receiving bushing constructed of Vespel and the like into a steel bushing and then boring a pin receiving opening therein and utilizing wear strips constructed of Vespel in... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4609320 | Flexible workpiece transporter and roller assembly therefor A flexible workpiece transporter is provided with a guide roller adapted to move laterally with the flexible workpiece transporter to thereby inhibit chafing of the guide roller as a result of the lateral movement of the transporter relative to the guide ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4606659 | Bearing and stub shaft assembly A bearing and stub shaft assembly for a belt conveyor or the like provides a non-rotatable connection between the stub shaft and the inner race of a bearing supporting one end of a cylindrical roller. An inner surface of a central cup in the inner race an... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4486056 | Support roll and method for installing the same in a frame member or the like A support roll assembly adapted to be rotatably journalled between spaced frame members comprising an elongated hollow support roll, and support pins mounted in opposite axial ends of said roll, at least one of said support pins being supported in a ball ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4353603 | Bearing device A bearing device for the rotatable journalling of a first body relative to a second body. The bearing device comprises a bearing, e.g. a ball bearing, having a first bearing ring which engages said first body, and a second bearing ring which cooperates wi... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4326793 | Full cantilever structural support apparatus for rotatable electrophotographic drum A full cantilever mounting structure for demountably removably supporting a photo-receptor drum for a laser diode printer or other similar apparatus including oppositely disposed orienting members for removably fixedly securing and orienting the drum to a... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4215905 | Wheel assembly with bearings A wheel assembly with bearings is provided which includes an axle, and a pair of hat-shaped wheels rotatably mounted on the axle spaced at a predetermined spacing from each other. A pair of wheel supporting members are mounted on the axle inside of the wh... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4204719 | Bearing and support 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... | 05/27/1980 |
| 3950046 | Bearing plate A novel thin-walled bearing plate for the pivotal support of a tension roller secured thereon comprising a sheet metal bearing plate provided with a bore hole to accommodate a fastening bolt and an oblong slot to accommodate a locking bolt and also provid... | 04/13/1976 |