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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1979
George B Baron, Marion, OH (US);
Dresser Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In a large, heavy-duty machine such as a power shovel and the like, having a lower frame, an upper frame and a live roller circle including a lower rail mounted on the lower frame, a roller cage structure, a plurality of pins mounted on the cage structure, rollers mounted on the pins of the cage structure and supported in rolling contact with the roller rail and an upper rail mounted on the upper frame and supported on the rollers, wherein the center of gravity of the machine travels beyond the live roller circle during normal operating conditions, the improvement comprising a set of at least two cylindrical rollers mounted on each pin of the cage structure of the roller circle.