Spindle for a spinning or a twisting machine
AssigneeNovibra GmbH
InventorsGerd Stahlecker, Hans Braxmeier
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Abstract
A spindle for spinning or twisting machines comprises a rigid inner sleeve which contains a neck bearing and a step bearing for a rotatably supported shaft and which inner sleeve is accommodated in a bearing housing, the bearing housing being fixed to a spindle rail. The inner sleeve is supported against the bearing housing by two radially symmetrical acting metal springs. The spring rate of the metal spring which faces the neck bearing amounts to at least five times and at most twenty times the spring rate of the metal spring facing the step bearing. The ring space between the inner sleeve and the bearing housing is filled with a highly viscous fluid. The inner sleeve is closed off against the ring space with an oilproof seal.
Claims25
A spindle for spinning or twisting machines comprising a rigid inner sleeve which supports a neck bearing and a step bearing for a rotatably supported shaft and which is accommodated in a bearing housing, said bearing housing being connected to a spindle rail, the inner sleeve being supported against the bearing housing by first and second radially symmetrical acting metal springs disposed at a distance from one another, of which the first metal spring is closer to the neck bearing than to the step bearing and the second metal spring is closer to the step bearing than to the neck bearing, wherein the spring rate of the first metal spring amounts to between five times and twenty times the spring rate of the second metal spring.
A textile machine spindle shaft support bearing assembly comprising:
- a bearing housing,
- an inner sleeve at the bearing housing,
- a neck bearing and a step bearing in the inner sleeve axially spaced from one another,
- a first spring radially supporting the inner sleeve at the housing in an area closer to the neck bearing than to the step bearing, and
- a second spring radially supporting the inner sleeve at the housing in an area adjacent the step bearing,
- wherein the first spring has a radial spring constant which is substantially higher than spring constant of the second spring whereby, in use, the inner sleeve moves radially over a wider range in the area of the step bearing than in the area of the neck bearing due to the reduced spring rate of the second spring as compared to the spring rate of the first spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.