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Interlocked seal and sleeve for rolling mill oil film bearing

US5478090A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 1993
Grant dateDec 26, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21B31/078
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an oil film bearing assembly for a roll in a rolling mill, where a flexible seal is mounted on a tapered section of the roll neck at a location adjacent to a sleeve fixed to the roll neck and defining the journal surface, the improvement comprising an end portion of the sleeve being configured to overlap and radially confine an end portion of the seal to thereby resist centrifugal distortion of the seal during high speed rotation of the roll neck.

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