US Patent: 1,255,378
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| Antifriction-bearing
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Patentee:
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| Chester H. Beach (exact or similar names) - Racine, WI |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Aug. 01, 1917 |
| Granted: |
Feb. 05, 1918 |
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Jeff Joslin
Vintage Machinery entry for Wisconsin Electric Co.; Dumore Co.
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Description: |
| Typical ball-bearing cartridges are intended to have a snug fit on the inner race and a looser fit on the outer, so that some longitudinal movement, such as with expansion due to heat, is allowed. "In certain high speed machinery such as high speed portable grinders and other high speed electrical tools this creeping of the outer race-way within the housing has been found to be objectionable. It is therefore the object of the present invention to overcome this objectionable feature and to provide means whereby the outer race-way of the unitary structure (the cartridge) is prevented from creeping in a rotary direction within the housing, but is permitted to have a slight thrust movement therein, longitudinally with the shaft..." |
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