Rotating Conduit Joints
OwnerAlan Robert Gillengerteninventor
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Abstract
A rotating conduit joint has a pair of conduits engaged with a bearing set. The bearing set has an outer race an inner race separated by ball bearings. The conduits have clearance holes aligned with radial holes in the races. Screw fasteners are engaged with the clearance holes and radial holes to secure the conduits to the bearing set in mutual rotation. The radial holes may be filled with a lubricant. Furthermore, the radial holes may be of constant diameter, conical, or threaded and may be open to the ball bearings to deliver the lubricant to the ball bearings.
Claims11
A rotating conduit joint comprising:
- a pair of conduits engaged with a bearing set, wherein said bearing set has inner and outer races mutually positioned between parallel opposing planes;
- wherein said conduits are characterized as having significantly different interior diameters and having clearance holes aligned with radial holes in said bearing set;
- and wherein;
- fasteners are radially engaged jointly with said clearance holes and said radial holes thereby securing said conduits to said bearing set for mutual rotation.
3-5. (canceled)
The rotating conduit joint of claim 5 wherein said radial hole is characterized as a continuous tubular path terminating at a bearing element of said bearing set.
A rotating conduit joint comprising:
- a pair of conduits engaged with a bearing set, wherein said bearing set has an outer race, an inner race, and a bearing element, said inner and outer races are mutually positioned between parallel opposing planes;
- wherein said conduits are characterized as having significantly different diameters and having clearance holes aligned with radial holes in said outer and inner races;
- and wherein;
- fasteners are engaged jointly with said clearance holes and said radial holes thereby securing said pair of conduits to said bearing set for mutual rotation.
9-11. (canceled)
A rotating conduit joint comprising:
- a pair of conduits engaged with a bearing set, one of said pair of conduits mounted onto an outside peripheral surface of an outer race of said bearing set and another of said pair of conduits is mouinted onto an inside peripheral surface of an inner race of said bearing set;
- wherein said conduits have clearance holes aligned with radial holes in said inner and outer races of said bearing set;
- and wherein;
- radially directed fasteners are engaged jointly with said clearance holes and said radial holes in said outer and inner races thereby securing said pair of conduits to said bearing set for mutual rotation.
15-18. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.