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1,166,743. Bearings. BORG-WARNER CORP. 25 May, 1967 [1 June, 1966], No. 24446/67. Heading F2A. A ring member 101 having a bearing surface thereon is integrally connected to a shaft. The member comprises an inner ring 103 of brass, for example, which has a keyway 105 therein and an outer ring 107 of rubber, for example, which is bonded to the inner ring 103 and is provided with a number of axial ribs 109 and grooves 111. The ribs 109 have outer arcuate surfaces 113 which serve as an intermittent bearing surface and contact a cylindrical surface 99, Fig. 1, of a diffuser-ring 62, for example, of a multi-stage pump. Thus a shaft 15 of the pump is supported at a number of axially-spaced apart positions by means of rings 101 fixed on the shaft and the surfaces 99 of the respective diffuser rings 62.
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