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US 6,409,388 B1Granted
Ball support having a cleaning structure
OwnerChuan Duo Lininventor
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Abstract
A ball support includes a cup having a passage formed through the cup and communicating with the chamber of the cup, and having a peripheral flange for attaching to an object. A rotary member and a number of balls are received and retained in the chamber of the cup. The cup includes an outer cut-off portion communicating with the chamber and the passage of the cup for allowing a cleaning agent to flow into the chamber of the cup. to clean the ball support. The peripheral flange includes a recess communicating with the passage and the cut-off portion of the cup.
Claims7
A ball support comprising:
- a cup including a peripheral portion having a peripheral flange laterally extended outward therefrom, and including a chamber formed therein, and including a passage formed through said cup and communicating with said chamber of said cup, and including an outer peripheral portion having a cut-off portion formed therein and communicating with said passage of said cup,
- a rotary member received in said chamber of said cup,
- a plurality of balls received in said chamber of said cup and engaged between said rotary member and said cup, and
- means for retaining said rotary member and said balls in said cup,
- said passage and said cut-off portion of said cup being communicating with said chamber of said cup for allowing a cleaning agent to flow into said chamber of said cup to clean said ball support.
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A ball support comprising:
- an object including a cavity formed therein and including a port communicating with said cavity thereof for receiving a cleaning agent,
- a cup secured in said cavity of said object and including a peripheral portion having a peripheral flange laterally extended outward therefrom, and including a chamber formed therein, and including a passage formed through said cup and communicating with said chamber of said cup and communicating with said cavity of said object for allowing the cleaning agent to flow into said chamber of said cup via said passage of said cup,
- a rotary member received in said chamber of said cup,
- a plurality of balls received in said chamber of said cup and engaged between said rotary member and said cup, and
- means for retaining said rotary member and said balls in said cup,
- said passage and said chamber of said cup being communicating with said cavity and said port of said object for allowing the cleaning agent to flow into said chamber of said cup to clean said ball support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.