Spindle supporting device
OwnerCarlo Menegattoinventor
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Abstract
A device for supporting the spindles of textile machines, in which a spindle support cartridge is radially held by means of a double system of elastically-yielding thrust members, disposed inside an outer casing for the cartridge, and radially acting on the cartridge itself.
Claims17
A spindle supporting device, in which a spindle is supported for rotation by means of bearings housed in a cylindrical spindle cartridge having an outer diameter, said device comprising an external support casing provided with means defining an open central hole open to both ends for housing said cartridge, said central hole means having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the spindle cartridge thereby defining an annular air-gap therebetween;
- a first and a second set of independent elastically yielding thrust members disposed peripherally between said support casing and the cylindrical spindle cartridge, and retaining means for urging said thrust members radially towards and against the cylindrical spindle cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.