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US 2014/0270737 A1Published application
Bearing arrangement inner race heater
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorUlrich Werner Neumann
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Abstract
A device for heating a bearing race mounted on a shaft including a quartz halogen lamp for heating the bearing race and a reflector for reflecting heat from the quartz halogen lamp towards the bearing race.
Claims20
A device for heating an inner race of a bearing arrangement mounted on a shaft, comprising:
- a quartz halogen lamp for heating the inner race;
- and
- a reflector for reflecting heat from the quartz halogen lamp towards the inner race.
A device for heating a first angular contact inner race or a second angular contact inner race of an angular contact ball bearing mounted on a shaft, comprising:
- a substantially ring shaped quartz halogen lamp having an exposure to the first angular contact inner race or the second angular contact inner race;
- a reflector attached to the quartz halogen lamp for reflecting heat from the quartz halogen lamp towards the first angular contact inner race or the second angular contact inner race;
- and
- a housing for enclosing the quartz halogen lamp and the reflector.
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A device for heating a roller bearing inner race of a roller bearing mounted on a shaft, comprising:
- at least one substantially ring shaped quartz halogen lamp having an exposure to the roller bearing inner race, wherein the exposure is directed radially to the shaft;
- a reflector attached to the at least one quartz halogen lamp for reflecting heat from the quartz halogen lamp towards the roller bearing inner race;
- and
- a housing for enclosing the quartz halogen lamp and the reflector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.