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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1997
Vishnu M Sishtla, Cicero, NY (US);
Thomas M Zinsmeyer, Pennellville, NY (US);
Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
An axial restraint system for use in a variable pipe diffuser having an inner ring rotatably positioned within an outer ring. The axial restraint system includes a housing fixedly mounted to the outer ring and having a mounting hole disposed therein in perpendicular arrangement to the inner ring. A shaft having a first end and a second end and having a bearing pad mounted to the first end. The second end of the shaft is threadably engaged within the mounting hole and rotatably operable to effect an adjustment of the position of the bearing pad. The shaft is positioned such that the bearing pad contacts the inner ring and thereby limits the axial movement of the inner ring relative to the outer ring.