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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1979
Klaus Pimiskern, Daisendorf, DE;
Werner Herbert, Markdorf, DE;
Dornier System GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
This invention relates to an improvement in a spiral grooved bearing for a shaft adapted to travel in the direction of rotation, composed of a stationary bearing part with a hemispherically cup-shaped first sliding surface and a bearing part of the shaft having a spherical second sliding surface with spiral grooves in said second surface adapted to feed a lubricant between said sliding surfaces, the improvement comprising an additional bearing part centered at the hemispherically-shaped bearing part, said additional part having a sliding surface which encloses said second sliding surface up to the vicinity of said shaft, and sleeve means adapted to receive said stationary bearing part and said additional part.