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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:
Jul. 22, 1986
Filed:
May. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard F Foulke, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
Proconics International, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; E05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384 54 ; 16 98 ; 152323 ; 301 / ; 384543 ;
Abstract
Rolling apparatus comprising a support member, first bearing means connected to the support member for rotating relative to the support member, and a first tire of material softer than the bearing means mounted on the circumference of the bearing means, the tire having a circumference that increases from a smaller diameter side to a larger diameter side and a lip extending radially inward over a portion of the bearing means on the larger diameter side of the tire, whereby the lip is biased against the bearing means as the tire travels, and is prevented from moving off the bearing means at either side.