Weather proof radio tower bearing assembly
OwnerOrrin E. Inglesinventor
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Abstract
A bearing assembly for a radio tower, including a tubular bearing housing welded at its upper end to a triangular spreader plate supported on top of three legs of the tower; a lower end of the tubular bearing housing being welded to sidewardly extending arms that bear against a side of the tower legs, and the tubular bearing housing containing bearings that support rotatably free a vertical shaft of an antenna on its upper end.
Claims2
A weather proof, radio tower, bearing assembly, comprising in combination a tubular housing through which a shaft extends having an antenna on its upper end, a tapered upper bearing supporting an upper end of said shaft, and a bronze lower bearing in a lower end of said housing supporting a lower end of said shaft rotatably free, and means for support of said housing on the legs of said radio tower, wherein said means comprises a triangular plate affixed to an upper end of said housing, and stub shafts at corners of said plate engaging said posts, wherein said means further comprises sideward arms from a lower portion of said housing for bearing against sides of said legs, and wherein a boot and case enclose said tapered bearing.
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