1979-09-21
1981-09-29
Stearns, Richard R.
Cutlery
308122, F16C 1703, F16C 3302
Patent
active
042919266
ABSTRACT:
A guide bearing device for vertical rotary shafts including a plurality of segmental pads disposed circumferentially equidistantly around the rotary shaft, a plurality of adjusting bolts each supporting the respective segmental pads for pivotal movement, a housing containing the segmental pads and adjustably mounting the adjusting bolts and filled with lubricating oil, and a plurality of cooling pads each formed with an oil passage and arranged between the two adjacent segmental pads for pivotal movement, each of the cooling pads defining between its inner surface and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft a gap which is thicker than the gap defined between a sliding surface of the respective segmental pads and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft, said oil passage of each cooling pad communicating with a pressurized oil supply source and discharging lubricating oil toward the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft.
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Furukawa Yosio
Matsuo Masanori
Okano Kinpei
Tomioka Shunzo
Hitachi , Ltd.
Stearns Richard R.
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