摘要 |
568,117. Making bearings. SIMMONDS AEROCESSORIES, Inc. Feb. 16, 1944, No. 2887. Convention date, Jan. 2, 1943. [Classes 83 (ii) and 83 (iv)] [Also in Group XXXIV] Forging.-In a self-aligning bearing wherein the shaft is received within a spherical member 10 housed in an annular member 11, the members 10, 11 have contact along a medial plane and the lateral parts of member 11 have means to engage the member 10 and confine it. In one form, Fig. 1, member 11 has a web 18 to engage member 10 and after the member 10 has been inserted, the lateral spaces are filled with part 20 by pouring in babhit metal, the web 18 taking up most of the pull-and-thrust load. In a modification, Fig. 2, member 11a has annular flaps or flanges 20a which are forced into contact with member 10a by dies 21, 22, wedge-shaped members being then forced or filled into the V-shaped groove behind the flanges 20a. Member 11a may have a small hole 25 to receive a lubricant wick 26. |