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US 3,945,187 AGranted
Textile spindle
AssigneeSpindel-,Motoren- Und Maschinenfabrik A.G.
InventorDieter Widmer
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Abstract
A textile spindle comprising a spindle housing supporting a collar bearing and a footstep bearing through the agency of elastic bearing elements formed of a yieldable or resilient material. The elastic bearing elements support a rigid bearing tube which houses the collar bearing and the footstep bearing.
Claims9
A textile spindle comprising:
- a elongate tubular spindle housing;
- a first elastic bearing element fitted in the housing at one end thereof;
- a second elastic bearing element fitted in the housing at the other end thereof and located between first and second engagement members;
- a rigid support tube extending within the housing and supported therein by the first and second elastic bearing elements, the rigid support tube having one end region protruding from said one end of the housing and being enlarged at said one end region, and the first engagement member being between the second elastic bearing element and the support tube and being connected to the support tube in such a manner that it is displaceable axially of the support tube yet is substantially fixed against displacement radially thereof;
- a collar bearing fitted in the enlarged end region of the support tube;
- a footstep bearing fitted in the support tube at the other end thereof;
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- a spindle blade supported within the rigid support tube by the footstep bearing and the collar bearing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.