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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Emile Lonardi, Bascharage, LU;
Giovanni Cimenti, Fentange, LU;
Assignee:
Paul Wurth S.A., , LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384620 ; 384622 ; 384549 ;
Abstract
A suspension device for a heavy body, such as a rotating hopper for a shaft furnace, is presented. The suspension device has an annular running surface, a number (n) of rollers greater than three, and an elastically compressible component to permit elastic deformations sufficient substantially to correct an unequal distribution of weight of the heavy body over the rollers resulting from slight defects in the coplanarity of the rollers.