Bearing structure made of elastomer bearing elements which can be mounted and exchanged individually

A bearing construction, based on at least three to six annularly arranged elastomer bearing elements, for resiliently bearing heavy machine parts, each elastomer bearing element being mountable and exchangeable individually without disassembly and reassembly of an entire bearing construction or parts of the associated machine, comprising three to six or more resilient bearings (1), a first flange (3), which has an axial hole (10a), and an opposite second flange (4) comprising one or more continuous holes (10c), each bearing (1) substantially comprising:

• a housing (1a), an inner, non-resilient core (1c), which has a hole (10b ) centrally, and
• an elastomer part (1d) comprising one or more elastomer layers, which are separated from one another by non-resilient layers,
• the bearings (1) being arranged between the first and the second flanges (3, 4), and the first and the second flanges being clamped together by clamping means (5) via the axial holes (10) in said bearing and the first, and the second flanges,
• wherein
• (i) the second flange (4) has, on a face facing the bearing (1) or the first flange (3), a depression (7), which is arranged concentrically with the hole (10c) of the second flange and into which a correspondingly shaped part of the bearing (1) is inserted and fixed in an exact fit under bias in an operation-ready state of the bearing construction, the bearing (1), during disassembly of the bearing construction to exchange said bearing, being able to be slid out of said depression (7) into a space between the first and the second flanges (3, 4) by increasing or decreasing a bias;
• (ii) each of the resilient bearings has a first face, facing the second flange (4), or attached adapter part (1b) that fits exactly in said depression (7) in the second flange (4), at least part of the hole (10b) of the bearing that is oriented toward the second flange (4) being provided with a thread for receiving a mounting biasing bolt (13), by which the bearing (1) can be biased by sliding into the depression (7) during assembly, in a course of exchange after removal of the clamping means (5);
• and
• (iii) at least one spacer disk (9), which is provided with a central hole and may comprise two spacer disk halves (9a, 9b) and which is firmly clamped between the first flange (3) and the respective resilient bearing (1) in an operation-ready state of the bearing construction and which can be removed, during disassembly of the bearing construction, after removal of the clamping means (5), by reducing the bias in the bearing (1) by the mounting biasing bolt (13), is introduced between each of the resilient bearings (1) and the first flange (3).