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Class 384/116 - Half-circular or less outer member


Subclass of Class 384 - Bearings
Definition: Subject matter wherein the outer bearing structure is semicircular,
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 04/29/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7363794Bearing structure and press molding apparatus having the structure
While a rotational die and a predetermined position of a lower mold in which the rotational die is provided can be set in a zero contact manner, operation of setting the rotational die in the predetermined position of the lower mold can be easily performed, and occu...
04/29/2008
6658083Weight compensation apparatus, stage apparatus using the same, and exposure apparatus
A weight compensation apparatus for compensating for a weight of a stage that is movable along a vertical reference plane including a pulley having a pulley shaft, a belt which is wound around and supported by the pulley, and has the stage at one end and ...
12/02/2003
6595691Arrangement for rapid movement of a roll with hydrostatic bearings
The invention relates to an arrangement for displacing a roll, which is hydrostatically journalled by its axle (1) on support structures and positionable in its working position by means of a bearing, through a rapid movement of the bearing out of its sai...
07/22/2003
6287183Vacuum-hydrostatic shoe for centerless grinding
A vacuum-hydrostatic shoe especially suited for supporting a workpiece in metalworking operations is disclosed. The vacuum-hydrostatic shoe is comprised of a body with a support surface confronting the workpiece. Preferably the support surface is shaped t...
09/11/2001
6203202Method for monitoring and controlling the operation of rotary drums borne on sliding blocks and a sliding block bearing therefor
In order to monitor the function of the sliding block bearing elements in view of the hydrostatically and/or hydrodynamically generated compressed oil film or, respectively, compressed oil cushion, given rotating drums seated on sliding blocks such as, fo...
03/20/2001
6129453Hydrostatic glide bearing for a roll or equivalent
A glide bearing for a roll having hydrostatic bearing elements provided with bearing shoes fitted to be positioned around a neck of the roll axle in order to support the axle and thus the roll revolvingly with respect to a frame member, such as a bearing ...
10/10/2000
6012386Bearing control system for a roll with hydrostatic bearings
A bearing control system for a roll with hydrostatic bearings which is mounted by its axle on a bearing block or other equivalent frame member by hydraulically loaded hydrostatic bearing elements. A principal bearing element acts in a principal loading di...
01/11/2000
5653582Fluid bearing pad arrangement for liquid ring pump systems
Liquid ring pumps with rotating canisters are supported by at least one radial fluid bearing pad. The bearing fluid is either a gas or a liquid. The radial fluid bearing pads can be of either the hydrodynamic or hydrostatic type. Holes in each bearing pad...
08/05/1997
5470438Wire or felt forming section with breast rollers supported by hydrostatic bearings
A wire or felt forming section of a paper-making machine has breast rollers for guiding a respective one of two forming wires. The two rollers are disposed with a pulp gap formed between the two rollers and the wires are disposed just downstream of a pulp...
11/28/1995
5382096Bearing for a heated roll
A bearing for a heated calendar roll comprises a bearing ring having a first surface. The bearing is rotatable about an axis. A first radially fixed hydrostatic bearing arcuate segment has a first surface which mates with the first surface of the bearing ...
01/17/1995
5372430Bearing assembly
A bearing assembly for supporting a drive shaft as of a ship wherein the shaft is generally to be supported by such bearing assembly in a horizontally extending position. The bearing assembly has a housing with a cylindrical shell mounted therein having a...
12/13/1994
5252186Wire or felt forming section with breast rollers supported by hydrostatic bearings
A wire or felt forming section of a paper-making machine has breast rollers for guiding a respective one of two forming wires. The two rollers are disposed with a pulp gap formed between the two rollers and the wires are disposed just downstream of a pulp...
10/12/1993
4887723Anti-friction sorting roll and stabilizer
This invention relates to an apparatus for sorting round bearings according to their diameters, having a pair of elongated sorting cylinders which are supported on diverging longitudinal axes. Each of the cylinders are supported near each end of the cylin...
12/19/1989
4632574Apparatus for fluidic support
A fluidic support device is described that counteracts the gravitational bending moment present in a substrate tube during a modified chemical vapor deposition preform fabrication process. Hence, use of this device results in the production of a straight ...
12/30/1986
4530227Hydrostatic support member, particularly for rolling mills, and method of using the same
In a hydrostatic support member a piston which is axially movable in a pressurized fluid medium-supplied cylinder carries at the end thereof which is remote from the cylinder at least two bearing shoes which are axially movable independently of each other...
07/23/1985
4465383Hydrodynamic bearing
The invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing in which a pressure limiting valve is connected to the oil supply to a groove provided at the inlet zone of the bearing element. The oil pump thus can be of considerably smaller dimensions than heretofore, t...
08/14/1984
4194796Device for maintaining a required liquid pressure in a hydrostatic bearing
This invention refers to a device for maintaining a required liquid pressure in a hydrostatic bearing during its slowdown time at pump failure for avoiding metallic contact between the cooperating bearing surfaces, which device incorporates an accumulator...
03/25/1980
4184721Rotating device for shapes, especially for turbosets
Turning device for a shaft includes a bearing for supporting the shaft, the bearing having a lower bearing shell formed, in vicinity of an air-pressure feed, with at least one radially extending relief slot disposed asymmetrically to the center of the bea...
01/22/1980
4175800Fluid bearing supporting system for rotary drums and the like
A large diameter rotary drum is horizontally supported upon a plurality of saddle like expansible liquid bearing pads of large effective contact area with the drum, and a fixed saddle adjacent each bearing saddle supports the drum when not floated upon th...
11/27/1979
4139244Journal bearing film control system
The bearings for a rolling mill capable of carrying very large ore loads for grinding reduction therein are provided with an arrangement of a plurality of magnetic flux proximitors mounted in the bearing pads, to provide a readout of oil film thickness be...
02/13/1979
4113324Auxiliary bearing for determining radial and axial play of turbine shafts
Auxiliary bearing for determining radial and axial play of a turbine shaft, the auxiliary bearing having a bridge-shaped carrying yoke mounted on bearing brackets axially adjacent operating bearing shells, swingable and turnable adjusting bolts suspending...
09/12/1978
4099801Heavy-duty hydrostatic bearing
A hydrostatic journal bearing for a shaft of a heavy load, such as a metallurgical vessel, comprises an inner ring of spherical outer surface rigid with the shaft, a stationary base forming part of a housing, and a segmental shell resting on the base as a...
07/11/1978
4060288Support in hydrostatic bearings
In a hydrostatic bearing for rotatably supporting therein a member comprising a shoe having an arcuate first surface confronting the member and having formed therein a pocket for a fluid under pressure, the first surface and said member being of a predete...
11/29/1977
 
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