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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. 26, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Simmons, Westborough, MA (US);
Charles L Innis, Jr, Paxton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Morgan Construction Company, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ; F02F / ; F02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 95 ; 277164 ; 277168 ; 277 53 ; 277 55 ; 277 56 ; 277152 ; 277153 ;
Abstract
In an oil film bearing assembly for a roll in a rolling mill, where a flexible seal is mounted on a tapered section of the roll neck at a location adjacent to a sleeve fixed to the roll neck and defining the journal surface, the improvement comprising an end portion of the sleeve being configured to overlap and radially confine an end portion of the seal to thereby resist centrifugal distortion of the seal during high speed rotation of the roll neck.