Provision for rotatable bearing of a cylindrical device in a bearing housing
OwnerPeter Zimmerinventor
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Abstract
A bearing assembly for a cylindrical device, which is capable of assuring rapid exchange of the cylindrical device, comprising a bearing housing surrounding an antifriction bearing cage provided with roll bodies, wherein a circular opening remains open, through which the roll bodies protrude in order to be supported at the cylindrical device to be borne. The bearing housing is subdivided into two parts or housing members in a plane passing through the axis, so that one of the parts or housing members can be swiveled against the other. Also, the antifriction bearing cage is subdivided, namely into individual cages loosely joined together.
Claims8
A bearing assembly for a replaceable cylindrical component, comprising:
- an annular bearing housing formed by a pair of housing members and defining a separating plane, said housing being formed with a circular lateral opening;
- pivot means for swingably interconnecting said members on one side of a separating plane thereof whereby at least one of said members can be swung away from the other of said members about a pivot axis defined by said pivot means to enable removal of said component from and replacement of said component in said bearing assembly;
- a multiplicity of roll bodies spaced around said housing and protruding through said opening to bear upon said component;
- respective bearing cages individual to said roll bodies and received in said housing members, said cages being movable with said roll bodies around said housing;
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- support means for retaining said roll bodies and said cages in the respective housing members when said one of said housing members is swung away from the other of said housing members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.