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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Ogawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
HITACHI METALS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bearing rotatably supporting a shaft of a rotating body immersed in a molten-metal-plating bath, comprising at least two partially cylindrical ceramic bearing members each having a sliding surface coming into sliding contact with the shaft and end surfaces directly or indirectly connected to the sliding surface; and a holding member comprising a movement-restricting member arranged with a recess, in which at least two bearing members being circumferentially arranged with their one-side end surfaces opposing via a gap, the movement-restricting member abutting the other-side end surfaces of the bearing members for restricting the circumferential movement of the bearing members; at least one bearing member being circumferentially movable to or away from the other bearing member or members in at least two bearing members, such that the one-side end surfaces opposing via the gap come into contact or are separated from each other.