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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takahiko Ookouchi, Katsuta, JP;
Tamihito Kawahigashi, Katsuta, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118423 ; 118419 ; 3849071 ;
Abstract
A slide bearing fashioned as a ball bearing or a roller bearing, wherein contact portions of a roll shaft and a bearing, and rolling elements are formed of a combination of a ceramic material and a solid lubricant material. The slide bearing is advantageously utilized in a continuous hot dipping apparatus in which ball bearings or roller bearings are used as bearings of a sink roll and guide rolls of the apparatus.