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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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokuden Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/14 ;
Abstract
In an induction heating roller apparatus of the present invention, Rolling bearings and a sliding bearings are provided between drive shafts of a roller body and a support rod . When a trouble occurs in the rolling bearings , a rotational torque is transmitted from the drive shafts through the rolling bearings to the support rod . The sliding bearings operate during the transmission of the rotational torque to the support rod , and the rolling bearings slips relative to the support rod . The slip prevents that the support rod co-rotates with the drive shafts.