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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:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1993
Ferdinand L Gams, Jr, Eveleth, MN (US);
Donald J Polinski, Neenah, WI (US);
Syedala Industries, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
The bearing assembly for supporting and guiding a moving member includes a first bearing member and a second bearing member. The second bearing member and the first bearing member have movement relative to one another. The second bearing member includes a wearing surface in contact with the first bearing member. The wearing surface wears in response to the relative movement between the first and second bearing members. The second bearing member also includes a chamber and a wear identifier. The chamber is located behind the wearing surface. The wear identifier is within the chamber. Upon sufficient wear of the wearing surface, the wear identifier is released from the chamber onto the wearing surface.