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Hydrostatic bearing

US4671676A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1985
Grant dateJun 9, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C33/107
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydrostatic bearing 20 for a rotatable shaft 18 of the type in which lubricating fluid is fed through orifices 12 in the bearing to a plurality of recesses 14 and finally to a land 16. Land 16 comprises grooves 22 directed toward recesses 14 in the direction of the shaft's rotation so that lubricating fluid is pumped back toward recesses 14.

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