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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 1979
Filed:
May. 27, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey Beardmore, Cheltenham, GB;
Hugh N Evans, Cheltenham, GB;
Assignee:
Smiths Industries Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ;
Abstract
The spiral grooving of a thrust-plate of an aerodynamic gas-lubricated bearing is formed by ionic bombardment of a flat face of a machined blank. The face is masked to leave exposed only those areas where material is to be removed. Grooving on a cylindrical surface of a spindle is similarly formed, the cylindrical blank being rotated to present the unmasked areas successively and repeatedly for bombardment.