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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
May. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Gautier, Maubeuge, FR;
Assignee:
Vesuvius France S.A., Feignies, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
492 16 ; 492 27 ; 492 47 ;
Abstract
A ceramic roller, including of a shell and a shaft passing through the shell characterized by at least one ball-and-socket joint between the shell and the shaft. At least one end cap is placed at an end of the shell and mounted on the shaft. A ball-and-socket joint is provided between the shell and the end caps or between the shaft and the end caps. The ball-and-socket joint is preferably obtained by the provision of an annular collar having a rounded cross section mounted between the truncated conical bearing surface of the shell and the end caps.