Title: Drive and bearing assembly for a converter construction

Abstract: A drive and bearing assembly for a converter construction has a fixed bearing and an expansion bearing. The expansion bearing comprises a bushing with recesses of semi-circular cross-section, into which bushing an axially movable trunnion with corresponding recesses of semi-circular cross-section protrudes. The trunnion is connected to or forms part of a driving toothed wheel. Crown rollers are inserted in the mutually supplementing recesses of the bushing and the trunnion.

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Inventors: Riegler, Ernst (Enns, OE)
Schmidt, Manfred (Linz, OE)

Application Number: 538139
Filing Date: 1975-01-02
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee: Vereinigte Osterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke-Alpine Montan (Linz, OE)
Primary Class(es): 384/36 384/280
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2976090	Mar, 1961	McFeaters	308/6.
3311427	Mar, 1967	Toth et al.	308/6.
3350144	Oct, 1967	Beckman et al.	308/176.

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Primary Examiner: Wood, Jr., M. Henson
Assistant Examiner: Church, Gene A.
Attorney: Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond