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Apparatus for providing fluid bearings

  • US 3,177,493 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1960
  • Issued: 04/06/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING A HIGH SPEED ROTATABLE MEMBER WHICH COMPRISES MEANS FOR PROVIDING A BEARING SURFACE DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID MEMBER, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING AN EXTERNALLY PRESSURIZED FLUID BEARING ON SAID BEARING SURFACE FOR SUPPORTING SAID MEMBER ON SAID ONE SIDE THEREOF, MEANS FOR PROVIDING ANOTHER BEARING SURFACE SPACED FROM SAID FIRST NAMED BEARING SURFACE AND OPPOSED TO AN OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID MEMBER, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING AN EXTERNALLY PRESSURIZED FLUID BEARING ON SAID OTHER BEARING SURFACE, SAID MEMBER OPPOSITE SIDE HAVING A NON-OPERATING RELATION WITH SAID OTHER BEARING SURFACE IN A FIRST POSITION AND MEANS OPERATIVE UPON SAID FIRST-NAMED BEARING SURFACE PROVIDING MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID FIRSTNAMED BEARING SURFACE AND ADVANCING SAID OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID MEMBER FROM SAID FIRST POSITION INTO OPERATING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID OTHER BEARING SURFACE.

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