US1109773A - Adjustable sectional bearing. - Google Patents

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J, G. LUDWIG, JR, ADJUSTABLE SEGTIONAL BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED 511N112, 1913.

1,109,773. Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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7 To all whom it may concern had therein to the aecompanyingdrawingl JOHN GEO. LUDWIG, an, or FBEELAND, PENNSYLVANIA.-

' ADJUSTABLE SEfQT ONA L panama j Application filedJune 2,1913. S eria1Na7 7L254.

Specification 6r IiettersjliPatelit. I

. 'PatentedSeptS,1914.

Be it known that I, JOHN Gnonen LUD- WIG, Jr., a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Freeland, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Sectional Bearings, of which the following is a specification, reference being This invention relates to a bearing and the principal object of-the invention is to provide a hearing which is adjustably mounted so thatthe bearing block may be moved transversely to assume the proper po sition.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide an improved means for mounting the T bearing block so that the adjustment will be and claimed.

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With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvedbearing. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bearing. Fig. 3 isan end elevation of the improved bearing. Fig. 4 is a side View of the bearing block showing the grooves in which the set screws fit. r

This invention comprises a frame in which the bearing block is adj ustably mounted and v of the side walls 11 into the grooves 18 of the bearing block 18 so that the bearing block may be held in an adjusted position. J a1n-nuts 19 are carried by the set-screws 1 sired position.

so thatthe set-screwswill be held in a de- This bearing block 18 is tapered asshown in Fig. 1, and is slidably 'mounted upon the base plate 10 between the I walls 11 and beneath the arched central porv tion of the cap 13. The upper face 20 of the bearing block is curved as shown in Fig. 1 so that a shaft may be rotatably supported bythe bearing block. An I-bolt 21 is carjrled by the block 18 so that the block may be easily withdrawn from between the walls 11 when desired. When this device is in use, the base-plate 10 is secured in place by suitable bolts (passing'through the openings 22 and the bearing block 18 is then put in place "withthe shaftresting in the curved upper face of the block. The set-screws 17 are then adjusted to bring the block in the, desired.

position and after the jam-nuts 19 are tightened, the cap .13 is then put in place and secured by the nuts 16. -Openings 23 are provided. so that oil maybe fed to the shaft, thus causingit to turn easily in the bearing. By this arrangement, the bearing block can be adjusted without it being necessary to remove the base-plate, and therefore, the same bearing may be used for a new shaft" of different size from the old one, without it being necessary to remove the base-plate. It is, of course, obvious that when the bearing block is moved the cap must also be adjusted."

What I claim, is: j

' I A bearing comprising a base having upstanding integral side walls, threaded pins carried by the upper; endsv of said walls, a bearing block positioned between said-walls,

said bearing block capable of longitudinal movement upon said base between said walls slnce the sides of sa d block are normally spaced at a distance from said walls, sa1d bearingblock provided with vertical grooves upon its sides, set-screws passing through said sidewalls and positioned within said groove so as to 'engage the sides of said bearing block, sa1d set-screws, adapted to shift said block for adjusting the same, said grooves bracing the inner ends of said screws, sa1d bearing blockfprovlded upon its upper side w1th a shaft receiving pocket, a

cap carried upon the upper ends of said the shaft and said cap Will also be moved Walls, said caps provided with longitudinal by the shaft. 10 slots, said threaded pins adapted to pass In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my through said slots, retaining means carried signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

by saidvpins for holding said cap upon said t JOHN GEO. LUDWIG, JR. Wa11s,jsaid cap also provided With a shaft" Witnesses: v

receiving portion, said pockets adapted to WM. BACHMAN,

receive a shaft whereby said block Will move. v H. W. FACKLER;

Gopies of this patent may be oB ta inc d for fiie cents each, hii'd're s siii the Commissioner of Patents,

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