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US 3878395 A Abstract In X-ray tubes anodes are used which, are maintained in rotation during the production of X-rays for fluoroscopy and which anodes are supported by friction-diminishing members. The anodes are maintained in rotation for all operational periods during which there may be a wish to take X-ray radiographs. The anode is supported magnetically without contact, except an electrical one for transmitting current to the anode.
Claims available in Description (OCR text may contain errors) United States Patent Seifert et al. METHOD AND MEANS FOR OPERATING X-RAY TUBES WITH ROTARY ANODES Inventors: Gerd Seiiert; Giinther Appelt, both of Erlangen, Germany Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany Filed: Dec. 11, 1973 Appl. No.: 423,665 Foreign Application Priority Data Dec. 21, 1972 Germany 2262757 US. Cl. 250/402; 250/406; 313/60 Int. Cl. G03b 41/16 Field of Search 250/402, 520, 406; 3 13/60 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3/1970 Takano 313/60 [451 Apr. 15, 1975 Primary Examiner-James W. Lawrence Assistant ExaminerC. E. Church Attorney, Agent, or Firm-.-Ri'chards & Geier [57] ABSTRACT In X-ray tubes anodes are used which, are maintained in rotation during the production of X-rays for fluoroscopy and which anodes are supported by'frictiondiminishing members. The anodes are maintained in rotation for all operational periods during which there may be a wish to take X-ray radiographs. The anode is supported magnetically without contact, except an electrical one for transmitting current to the anode. 15 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures METHOD AND MEANS FOR OPERATING X-RAY TUBES WITH ROTARY ANODES This invention relates to method and means for operating X-ray tubes with rotary anodes, the anode of which is maintained in rotation during X-ray fluoroscopy and is supported by friction-diminishing members. I In using X-ray tubes with rotary anodes it is disantvageous that prior to starting the production of X-rays, one has to wait until the anode is brought to rotation. This is a loss of time which lasts as a rule, up to some seconds. For that reason, expensive starting devices were provided to shorten the starting time period. On the other hand, due to the wear of usual bearings, which is the most serious limit of the lifetime of rotary X-ray tubes, it is not possible to let the anode turn continuously longer than is necessary for specific radiographing situations. This is particularly the case when it is desired to increase the load of the anode possible during an extremely quick turningof the anode. For such arrangements, additionally braking devices have been provided in order, on the one hand, to diminish the bearing wear which increases with the square of the rotary speed, and, on the other hand, to diminish disturbing sounds which increase with the rotary speed. The present invention is based on the consideration that when X-ray tubes with rotary anodes are operated, it is desirable to make spontaneous photographs without having to take into consideration disturbing or detrimental factors, such as, for example, the starting time, noises and wear of the bearings. Consequently, an object of the present invention is the provision of a method by the use of which, within the usual operational conditions, it is possible to have X-ray photographing devices with rotary anodes which are ready for photographing at any time, while providing sufficient stability for the tube. A process of the present invention for operating X-ray tubes with rotary anodes and accomplishing this object of the present invention consists in that the anode is caused to rotate and continues in rotation when and so long as there .is a possibility of an X-ray photograph being taken and that the anode is magnetically supported without contact, with the exception of a preferably axial bearing transmitting the tube current. The present invention provides a rotary anode that can run for long working periods, namely, for an entire working day or even longer, without the bearing wearing out. Besides elimination of noises, the tube is held in continuous 'working readiness for photographing. Photographs can also be made at unpredetermined moments, which can be of great importance for diagnosis. It is no longer necessary to wait for the end of the starting time of the anode. Furthermore, it is necessary to apply the starting energy to the anode only once during a working period, and it is no longer necessary to apply brakes to very quickly running anodes to avoid wear and noises. In addition, it is possible to make the anodes run faster, so that the speed of rotation can be adapted to the load without having to consider the wear of the bearing. Due to magnetic support, there is no contact of moving parts with the immovable parts, with the exception of one connection through which flows the current of the X-ray tube, such as an axial bearing. Magnetic bearings are known in the art and are described, for example, in the publication Philips Technische Rundschau, 1960/61, No. 7, pages 252 to 259. In these bearings, there is used, as the force centering the axle, a repelling force between radially magnetized manent magnets produces all the drawbacks which permanent magnets have in comparison with electromagnets. They age, they lose their residual magnetism at the Curie point, and their residual magnetism even prior to the Curie point is dependent on the temperature of at least up to 300 C reached in the bearings of the rotary anodes. Furthermore, in the case of permanent magnets, the magnetization cannot be steered, at least in the rotor. Permanently magnetized rings considerably increase the actual weight of the rotor and thus the'cost required for its bearing. On the other hand, electromagnets are difficult to insert into a rotor since they require conduits. A feeding current must be supplied through slides. This again produces friction and wear which must be avoided. This is also one of the difficulties for insertion of a motor into the vacuum space of the tube. One can imagine that magnetic spools built into the rotor could receive current from induction spools also fixed to the rotor. However, field forces resulting from such an energy transmission would act upon the rotor, and this is not desired, since the forces must be taken from the magnetic bearing and they would increase requirements made upon the magnetic bearing. According to an advantageous construction of the present invention, use is made of the above-described principle, and a structure is used which permits the use of electromagnets without requiring contact of rotary and fixed parts, such as slide contacts. A bearing then consists of two coaxially arranged tubular piles consisting of superposed electromagnetic rings which are alternately opposedly magnetized. One of the piles, consisting of so-called inner magnets, has a small diameter, and is located within the other pile having so-called outer magnets with a large diameter. Direct current flows through ring-shaped field windings of all inner and outer magnets to produce a magnetic field. Alternate opposed direction of magnetizing, which was already accepted as necessary in the above-mentioned publication, results, in that the ring spools are wound in opposite directions. To provide magnetic poles which are precise in space, magnetically conducting lugs directed toward each other are coordinated with the magnetic rings, whereby lugs pertaining to magnets located within the rotor are outwardly located lugs or yokes, while those pertaining to the outer magnets are inwardly directed yokes. The rotor is located without contact in the cylindrical space between the piles of the inner and outer magnets. The rotor consists largely of a non-magnetic material as, for example, copper. According to one construction of the yoke arrangement, soft magnetic rings are located upon its inner side. They are yokes of inner magnets consisting of the same material, but without touching them. The radial width of the overlapping is such that the poles of the inner magnets extend outwardly, even if there is some excentricity of the rotor relatively to the ringshaped magnets, over the soft magnetic rings, i.e., yokes. of the rotor. Then, the ring-shaped outer magnets can exert repelling forces upon the rotor without it being necessary to apply magnets to the rotor itself. For this. reason, electromagnets can also be used without it being necesary to have slide contacts. The distance between the inner edges of the yokes of the outer magnets and the outer edges of the yoke rings of the rotor, which can be indicated by the letter 0, should be small so that the force (which is opposed to the eccentricity of the rotor) has the highest possible value, and the axial height ofa magnetic ring should be above three times greater than the distance c, according to statements of best results indicated in the abovestated publication. When the rotor can receive high voltage relative to the outer magnets, the distance c is fixed by the tension strength of this stretch and is comparatively large to 12 mm.) However, it can also be small, and is determined solely by manufacturing tolerances and the wall strength of the vacuum piston when the outer magnets follow the rotor in their potential. The yoke rings carried by the rotor overlap the inner magnets without touching them. This overlapping can be provided by segmenting the yoke rings provided in the rotor. Thus, the rotor consists advantageously in the section pertaining to the magnetic bearing out of a non-magnetic outer cylinder and a non-magnetic inner cylinder which is rotationally safely fixed with tight fit in the outer cylinder and which carries yoke rings of the rotor fixed in grooves, possibly soldered. In order to facilitate mounting, the inner cylinder and the yoke rings fixed thereon are cut into two halves in a plane extending through the rotor axis. Thus, the inner cylinder with the yoke rings separates into two equal segments as soon as it is removed from the outer cylinder. These segments can then be placed about the inner magnets and then held together by positioning the outer cylinder. The axially directed attracting forces which each inner magnet exerts upon two yoke rings of the rotor are balanced by themselves due to the arrangement of the rotor yoke rings in pairs in the rotor, provided that the two air gaps between the inner magnet and the two corresponding yoke rings of the rotor are equal in size. If the rotor is shifted axially relative to the inner magnets, even if only to a small extent, then one air gap becomes smaller to the extent of this shifting, and the other one becomes larger to the same extent and the axially operating forces no longer balance themselves in the rotor. Thus, such a premeditated shifting of the rotor can produce a difference in force and if so, the axle of the rotor can always be held in contact with the axial bearing which, at the end of this axle, can have the shape of a needle bearing or a supporting ball, and which constitutes the contact required for the transmission of the anode current. It is advantageous to place the axial bearing at such a distance from the plate of the rotary anode that the axis of the rotary anode intersects the imaginary vertical line upon the focal point surface in the axial bearing. In that case, excentric or top motions of the rotary anode do not produce any focal pivot movements in the first approximation. In the above-described arrangement, wherein outer magnets act repellently upon yokes of the rotor magnetized by inner magnets and thus upon the rotor, a return movement of the rotor into its central position is 4 provided in that-the repellent force is greatest precisely at the locations of the circumference of the rotor yokes which are closest to the outer magnets due to the eccentricity. The operation of outer and inner magnets makes possible a damping in the return movement in that high return forces are operative only until a sufficient differential decrease of eccentricity with the time de/dt is reached, so that the rotor will not carry any regulating swingings or only small ones about its central location. The operation of the magnets is thus dependent upon a signal which is directly connected with the eccentricity of the moment. This signal can be produced by placing two metal cylinders coaxially about the rotor without touching the outer magnets, and the capacity between these two cylinders acts more or less out of time upon a swinging circuit and thus upon the oscillation amplitude of this swinging circuit. The capacity between these two cylinders is then dependent upon the eccentricity, since the electrical fields are formed from one of the two cylinders to the other cylinder substantially over the rotor. Finally, the oscillation amplitude of the resonance circuit can actuate currents in the -field windings of the magnets through an electronic regulating stretch, the characteristic of which is adapted to the top motion conditions of the rotor. The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, showing, by way of example only, preferred embodiments of the inventive idea. In the drawings: FlG. l is a sectional side view of an X-ray tube with rotary anode, suitable for the purposes of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a transverse section along the line "-11 of FIG. 1. FIGS. 3 and 4 are sections through two different constructions of magnetic bearings. FIG. 1 shows a vacuum container 1 having at one end the cathode arrangement 2 and at the other end the anode combination 3. In this case, the actual glow cathode 4 is fixed by a support 5 in an innerly directed tube 6 of the glass container 1. A support 8 is melted into the side of the vacuum container 1 located opposite the tube 6. The bearing Scarries ring-Shaped field windings of electromagnets indicated by numerals 9 to 15. The field windings 9 to 15 are amplified into ring-shaped inner magnets by the yokes 16 to 23 of soft magnetic material as well as the soft magnetic support 8. F urthermore, a plate disc 7 is placed vacuum-tightly in the support 8 by a more or less strong tensioning. This plate holds a point bearing 24, which is slightly shiftable in axial direction. The anode combination 3 is held in axial direction in electrical contact with the member 7 through the point of the carrying spindle 24 located in the bearing 24. The rotor 27 is provided at the upper part of the axle 25, constructed as a spindle close to the anode plate 26. As already stated, the rotor consists of two non-magnetic hollow cylinders stuck one within the other, and carries upon its inner side yokes 28 to 35 of soft magnetic iron. These yokes are magnetically in engagement with yokes 16 to 23 of electromagnets with the field windings 9 to 15. Thus, the yokes 28 to 35 extend further outwardly the fields of the windings 9 to 15. In the illustrated example, the fields of the windings 36 to 42, as locate'dat the outer side of the tube container 1, are arranged precisely in space above the yoke rings 43 to 50 fixed upon the soft magnetic cylinder 71. These fields repel the yoke rings 28 to 35, and thus act repellently upon the rotor. A stator 52 is arranged in the known manner on the outer side of the container 1 at the rotor end distanced from the rotary anode plate 26 and the actual driving part 51 of the rotor 27. A potential cylinder 72 is provided to keep smallthe space between the yokes 43 to 50 and the vacuum container 1 without causing improperly high electrical field strength at the inner edges of the yokes 43 to 50 (due to high voltage which the anode 3 provides during X-ray photographing relative to ground, thus also relative to outer magnets located at the ground potential). The functioning of the present invention in the illustrated example takes place in that a current is switched on which is received from the source through conduits 73, 74 and 75 into the switch device 55 and throughthe conduits 56 and 57, and the insulation stretch with secondary rectification 76 is directly transmitted to field windings 9 to and through conduits 77 and 78 to the field windings 36 to 42. Thus, a support of the rotary parts of the anode 3 in the radial direction is produced without contact. This is based on the repelling forces of the magnetic fields emanating from the windings 36 to 42 and acting upon yokes 28 to 35 magnetized by field windings 9 to 15. The capacity between the probe 60 and the potential cylinder 72 is measured from the device 55 through conduits 58 and 59. This capacity is a measure for the immediate eccentricity of the anode combination 3 relatively to the two magnetic ring devices. The device 55 also contains means operating the currents in the conduits 56 and 57, resp. 77 and 78, depending upon the extent of eccentricity and the extent of change of eccentricity in time. The eccentricity or the change of eccentricity in time causes the device 55 to transmit such currents through the conduits 56 and 57 and the conduits 77 and 78 and thus through the field windings of magnets within and outsideof the rotor, that forces are exerted upon the rotor which are opposed to eccentricity, but which act against the eccentricity only to the extent that the rotor will not carry out regulating swingings about its central position. X-rays are produced in the known manner, on the one hand, by supplying current necessary for sending electrons through the conduits 61 and 62 of the glow cathode 4, and on the other hand, by applying high voltage 65 of a few 10 v. produced by the generator 64 located at the net 73, 74 and 75 between the glow cathode 4 and the conduit 63, which is in galvanic contact with the rotary anode 26. Thus, the electrons emitted by the glow cathode are transmitted by the stator 52 relative to the alternating current of the generator 64 or two-phase alternating current 66 over conduits 67, 68, and 69; they are accelerated by the rotating anode 26, and their kinetic energy is transformed there in a known manner into X-rays which leave the tube as a cone-shaped bundle 70. FIG. 2 shows the arrangement of the field windings 13 and 40 as well as those of the interengaging yokes and 32 and of the yoke 47 located in one plane in the yoke 32. The wall of the vacuum container 1 is visible between the yoke 32 and the yoke 47. The outer yoke rings 43 to 50 are fixed to the magnetically soft cylinder 71, and the inner yoke rings 16 to 23 are fixed to the soft-magnetic support 8. The spindle moves in the center of thehollow support 8. FIG. 3 shows the driving part 51' of the rotor 27' and the stator 52 arranged upon the end of the staple of magnets directed to the rotary anode plate 26. Thus, the distance of the staples 79 and 80 from the rotary anode plate 26' is greater than the distance of the rotary anode plate from the magnetic staples according to the construction of FIG. 1. This is of particular advantage when the rotary anode is to be very heavily loaded. Due to the increased space, the passage of heat is also longer, and the magnetic staple 79 as well as the staple will be subjected only to low temperatures. Furthermore, in this construction, the inner staple 79 acts repellently upon the yokes 81 and 82, located at the rotor 27 The yokes 84, 84 and 85 belong to the outer staple 86, which, due to the necessarily smaller air gap between the yokes of the rotor and those of the outer magnets, must lie upon the anode potential. The yokes 83, 84 and 85 extend through the wall 86 of the container l-of the tube. This construction has the advantage that there is an intensive force action of the magnetic field from the staple 79 to the yokes 81 and 82 due to the small gap 87, while, in the construction of FIG. 1, in addition to the gap, the wall of tube container 1 is also located between the magnets and the yokes. In the construction shown in FIG. 4, the driving member 51" and the stator 52" are arranged in the middle of the length of the carrying spindle 25". Due to this arrangement, the two magnetic staples are divided into two parts; namely, two separate supports are produced. Thus, for inner magnets are produced partial staples 88 and 89, which are held at a distance from each other by a distancing holder 90 corresponding to the length of the driving member 51". The outer magnet is also divided into staples 91 and 92, which are counterparts of the staple parts 88 and 89. In this construction, amechanical separation is provided between the inner staples 88 and 89 and their coordinated rotor yokes 93, 94 and 95, 96, and also between staples 91 and 92 and their yokes 83' to 97 and 98. The space 87 is the same as the space 87 of FIG. 3. Only the wall 99 of the container 1" consists of glass and is not penetrated by the yokes 83 to 85, 97 and 98, but on the inner side of the wall 94, there is a holding coating 100 which holds the yokes 83 to 85, 97 and 98. This construction, in addition to deviating from the constructive structure of the yokes and the magnetic staples, has the advantage that the magnetic supports can have the greatest possible distance from each other in the manner usual for ball bearings at a predetermined length of the axle 25". In this construction, a stable support is produced while accepting heating in staple 88 greater than in construction of FIG. 3. The length of the axle 25 (FIG. 1) is so selected that the imaginary vertical line 101 upon the focal point path 102 of the anode 26 cuts in the contact point of theaxial bearing 24. This can be the supporting point of the pointed end of the axle 25 constructed as a spindle. A similar axial support is provided by a ball 104 (FIG. 4) located between the end of the axle 25" having a flat or concave shape and the counter bearing 105, namely, the inner wall of the connecting member 106. What is claimed is: 1. A process for operating rotary anodes of X-ray tubes, comprising magnetically supporting the anode free from contact except for a support transmitting the X-ray current and rotating the anode continuously during the entire period in which there is a possibility that an X-ray photograph will be taken. 2. The process in accordance with claim l'wherein the magnetic support is radial and the current transmitting support is vertical. 3. A rotary anode X-ray tube provided with a mechanical bearing means for giving mechanical support to the rotary anode when it is rotating in its operative disposition and serving to conduct tube current passing by way of the anode, and magnetic bearing means adapted to give additional support to the anode magnetically when it is so rotating thereby enabling the anode to remain in the said operative disposition, while rotating, without further mechanical support, said magnetic bearing means being arranged to give the anode radial support relative to its rotary axis. and said mechanical bearing means being arranged to give the anode axial support. 4. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 3 wherein said mechanical bearing is adapted to give the anode vertical support. 5. An X-ray tube as claimed-in claim 3 wherein the said magnetic bearing means comprises afirst stack of aligned annular electromagnet coils which extend,'lo'ngitudinally of the rotary axis of the anode, along and within a second stack of such coils, said first stack being located radially inwards of a rotary part of the anode that is surrounded by the said second stack in an internal space bounded by the said rotary part, alternate coils in each of the stacks being adapted to produce mutually opposed magnetic fields when energized in a predetermined manner, and the said rotary part having magnetically conductive portions arranged to extend. with clearance, between said first and second stacks so that magnetic forces exerted on the said rotary parts by the stacks when the coils thereof are energized hold the anode in its operative disposition when rotating. 6. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 5 wherein the 7 said rotary part is a hollow cylindrical part arranged concentrically about the rotary axis of the anode. 7. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 5 wherein the said magnetically conductive portions comprise a plurality of annular members which extend around the said rotary axis and are aligned longitudinally thereof. 8 An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 5 wherein the said first and second stacks are arranged concentrically around the said rotary axis. 9. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 5 wherein the said magnetically conductive portions are arranged so as to rotate, when'the anode is rotating in its operative disposition, freely past respective further magnetically conductive portions that are mounted radially inwards of the said rotary part and serve as magnetic yokes for the said first stack. l0. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 9 wherein the said further magnetically conductive portions comprise a plurality of annular members which extend along the said rotary axis and are aligned longitudinally thereof. :11. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 5 wherein the said magnetically conductive portions of the said rotary part are arranged so as to rotate, when the anode is rotating in its operative disposition, freely past respective further magnetically conductive portions that are mounted radially outwards of the said rotary part and serve as magnetic yokes for the said second stack. 12. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim S Wherein the anode has arranged axially between an anode plate thereof and that end of the said stacks nearer to'the anode plate a drive part with which a stator winding extending freely aroundthe drive part is adapted to cooperate to cause rotation of the anode when the stator winding is energized in a predetermined manner. 13. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 5 wherein said stacks are divided into two parts which are separated from one. another, axially of the anode, by a drive part thereof which is surrounded by a stator winding which is adapted to cooperate with the drive part so as to cause rotation of the anode when the stator winding is energized in a predetermined manner. 14. Apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein said mechanical bearing is arranged to support theanode axially at a point situated where the rotary axis of the anode intersects an imaginary perpendicular drawn from an annular target surface which the anode provides, extending concentrically about the said .rotary axis, for an incident electron beam. 15. An X-ray tube as claimed in claim 3, said tube being provided with sensing means arranged to detect eccentricity of rotation of the said anode and provide an electrical signal which is a measure of such eccencounteract such eccentricity by damping. Patent Citations
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US 2856244 A Abstract available in Claims available in Description (OCR text may contain errors) Oct. 14, 195% R. J. BRITTAIN, JR 2,856,244 ' JOURNAL BOX Filed May 22, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENI'OL RICHAKD J. BRITTAIN J2 y @M HISAITO Oct. 14, 1958 I R. J. BRITTAIN, JR 2,856,244 JOURNAL BOX Filed May 22, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States Patent f JOURNAL BOX Richard J. Brittain, Jr., Berkeley Heights, N. J., assignor to General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich, a corporation of Delaware Application May 22, 1956, Serial No. 586,573 11 Claims. (Cl. 308-180) This invention relates to antifriction journal boxes adaptable for supporting railway cars on rotatable axles and particularly to an improved bearing housing or saddle to be supported between the guides of the pedestals of a railway car truck. Heretofore, it has been the practice to construct the various parts of railway journal boxes from castings which often were weak due to various imperfections such as blow holes, dirt inclusions, uneven cooling and other causes. Consequently, these castings have been large and heavy to assure the requisite strength to receive the shocks attendant with normal use. There has been much waste of material in these cast iron boxes and they have been expensive to manufacture due to expensive machining operations. Additionally, massive castings usually have to be subjected to seasoning operations. Some cast steel parts have been used in the fabricating of certain railroad journal boxes. However, these cast steel parts have also been massive and have required many expensive machining operations. It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide an improved journal box construction having many of its important parts formed from a single piece of sheet metal. Since such a housing assembly requires few cast metal parts, the present construction offers the advantages of not only being strong, but light in weight, less costly and more readily constructed. In addition to providing a journal box having these advantages, it is a further object of the present invention to provide an improved method of constructing a journal box by bending certain journal box parts to the required shape from sheet metal. In accordance with the present invention, a journal box housing for railway bearings is principally composed of a sheet metal saddle member bent to form and requiring a minimum of machining operations. The housing assembly incorporating the journal box preferably encloses antifriction bearings rotatably receiving the car axle and transmitting the load of a railway car through the axle to the wheels, the rolling elements of these bearings being received in an outer race ring over which the sheet metal saddle conformingly fits. This sheet metal saddle is also provided with tangentially extending side flanges forming truck pedestal receiving channels, the upper portion of the saddle being arranged to carry the weight of the car thereabove. To these ends and also to improve generally upon devices of this character, the invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described and claimed. In its broader aspects, the invention is not necessarily limited to the specific structures selected for illustrative purposes in the accompanying drawings wherein: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved journal box; Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view of my journal box with certain parts illustrated in central horizontal section; Figure 3 is a fragmentary front end view partly broken away to show interior parts in vertical section; 2,856,244 patented Oct. 14, 1958 Figure 4 is a plan view of the cut-out sheet metal saddle blank; and Figure 5 is a perspective view of the saddle bent to final form. An axle 10, upon which may be mounted suitable car wheels (not shown), is received within a journal box 12 for antifrictional rotation and for limited endwise movements by rows of cylindrical bearing rollers 14 that roll upon a hardened inner raceway sleeve 16 tightly pressed over a reduced end of the axle and which also roll against a hardened smooth cylindrical outer raceway 18 formed on a cylindrical outer race ring 20. The rollers of each row are circumferentially spaced by a rotatable cage 22. A freely floating spacer sleeve 24 is journalled on the outer raceway 18 and has its parallel flat end faces engageable with the inner ends of both sets of rollers to maintain these rollers in proper axial positions and in parallel relation to the axis of the axle 10. The inner end of the inner raceway sleeve 16 has an enlargement 26 fitting against an enlargement of the axle 10. This enlargement 26 is provided with a generally radially disposed annular shoulder 27 engageable with the ends of the rear set of rollers 14 to limit the extent of endwise movement of the axle in one direction as will be later described. A front end cap 30 is demountably fastened to the forward end of the outer race ring Ztl as by screws 31 passing through an annular end cap flange 32 which sealingly seats in position as by a suitable intervening gasket. An annular projection 34 extending axially from the flange 32 pilots within the end of the outer race ring 26. The inner end of this projection 34 terminates in a substantially radially disposed annular shoulder 36 which may be slightly spaced from the outer raceway 18 and which has a flat end face for engagement by the flat ends of the front set of rollers 14 thus cooperating with the spacer sleeve 24 in preventing these rollers from skewing by guiding them in parallel relation to the axis of the axle 10. A forwardly extending portion of the end cap St has a counterbore 38 opening at its rearward end into the journal box in surrounding radially spaced relation to the reduced outer end of the axle 10. A cylindrical wall 39 of this counterbore terminates in a fiat end wall 40 at the forward end of the cap 30. l A rear end cap 42 is demountably secured to the rearward end of the outer race ring 20 as by screws 44 passing through an end cap flange 46 and is provided with a through bore which receives in closely spaced relation the cylindrical periphery of the race ring enlargement 26. The end cap 42 may also be provided with a series of axially spaced lubricant retaining grooves 48 opening radially inwardly towards the enlargement 26 to prevent lubricant leakage from the back of the journal box. If required, a suitable gasket may be located between the flange 46 and the end of the outer race ring 20 to prevent leakage of lubricant from the journal box. An annular projection 50 of the end cap 42 is piloted within the rearward end of the outer race ring 20, this projection terminating in a radially disposed annular shoulder 52 having a fiat end face engageable with the flat end faces of the rearward set of rollers 14 to cooperate with the spacer sleeve 24 in preventing skewing of the rollers by maintaining these rollers parallel to the axis of the axis of the axle 10. The spacing between the flat ends of the roller engaging shoulders 36 and 52 is preferably such that both sets of rollers 14 may freely roll without assuming any appreciable endwise movement. The axle 10 is permitted a limited endwise shifting movement which is cushioned at each end of its movement. This endwise shifting is free to occur since the cylindrical inner race ring may move endwise with the axle within the sets of cylindrical rollers 14. To cushion bentwaway from the intermediate portion 77 the endwisemovement of. the axle 10, athrust bearing 54, axially movable as a unit within the counterbore 38, includes an outer race ring 56 slidable in the counterbore nd a;.ro.ta.ta.ble innen'race ring 58 with. an intervening row of circumferentially arranged rollers. 6t] engaging raceways. in both. of. these race; rings. The inner race ring 58 has a flat end wall engageable with a, flat outer end of: the axle; 1.0,. this. wall being provided with a lubricant groove 62' communicating with a central bore through this-race ring 58. I preferably employ generally barrel-shaped rollers engaging a parti-spherical racewayin one Of the. race rings. of; the thrust bearing to. assure: flat. abutting engagement of the, end wall of. the inneryrace ring against the end of its bafile. Lubricant within; the journal box is distributed by the groove 62 to avoid; wear; of the abuttingend faces of. the axle and thrust bearingrace, ring 58. A resilient stack of Belleville washers or other suitable springmeans. 64 is axially slidablydisposed within the counterboreand compressed between. thefiat end wall 40 of the end cap 30 and. the flatendwall of the outer race ring. A- plug 65'may be removed; from the end wall 40 to provide an opening through which grease or other. suitable; lubricant may be fed into; this journal box. Theresilient spring means 64 urges the bearing 56 as a;unit;towards. theaxle so that the inner race ring 58 engages: and. rotates with the axle while yieldably cushioning end thrusts of the axle towards the right as indicated by the arrow in Figure 1. The Belleville washers 64 preferably always remain sufliciently compressed to assure adriving engagement of the race ring 58 with the axle:- With this arrangement any sudden shifts. ofthe axle towards the thrust hearing will occur while the rollers are in raceway rolling engagement thusavoiding any spallingdamage to these raceways. The axial spacing, between the shoulders 27 and 36 is preferably such thatthe endwise axle movement in the direction of the arrow-is positively'limited to prevent the Belleville washers 64 from becoming completely compressed thus avoiding-the possible danger of spalling the raceways of the bearing54 by the rollers 60. This endwise thrust of the axle is limited by engagement of the shoulder 27 with the. rearward rollers, the thrust being transmitted through the sleeve 24 and forward rollers and limited by the shoulder 36. A similar journal box construction provided at the other end of the axle (not shown) permits a correspondingly limited cushioned shifting of the axle in;.the opposite direction. A saddle member generally indicated at70 and best illustrated in Figure 5, isbent to shape from a sheet metal blank 71, This blank is, cut out in generally elongatedrectangular form and has a pair of corresponding projections or flanges73 laterally extending outwardly in opposite, directions from its sides adjacent each end. These flanges, which preferably havetapered end portions 74, are e.ach;partially defined by an L-shaped slot 75 cut-through the blank and extending laterallyinwardly at-an;intermediate portion 77 of the blank and'extending longitudinally of the. blank to a position approximately opposite amid portion of the adjacent flange 73. Correspondingslots 80 are cut laterally. inwardly at the mid portion of the blank and the ends of the blankare provided-with suitable bolt holes 82. The -blank 71 is bent from its initially flat form of Figure4v to provide a semi-cylindrical central portion 84 extending. throughout'the length of the slots 75 and including the intermediate-portion 77, this portion 84 being of a. curvature to matingly seat against the upper half ofthe outer race ring 20 and having a width such that it fits between a rearward flange 86 of the outer race ring and theflange 32 on the front end cap 30 which preferably projects radially beyond the outer race ring. During. this bending operation, the ends of the. blank 71.are and away fromthe; slots. 75.: to provide. apair of,vertically, parallel end walls 88 and the flanges 73 are bent outwardly to project in substantially parallel rectangular relation to the end walls. These end walls 88 and outwardly extending flanges 73 provide a pair of spaced channels for slidably receiving the usual vertical pedestal portions of a railway car truck. I preferably, secure as by welding or by other suitable method; Wear plates 90 to the end walls 88 and wear plates 92, to the flanges 73 for slidable engagement with the truck pedestals. If desired, the inner face of the arcuate saddle portion 84 which seatsagainst the outer race ring may be machined to assure. desired seating conformity. After the saddle: member is fitted: over the outer race ring 20, a tie-bar or reinforcing'plate 94 is secured as by bolts 96 between the lower ends of the side plates 88 and beneath the bearing. This reinforcing member adds rigidity to the journal box and preferably rests against the. bottom of the outer race ring. 20. to assure that the saddle 70; is properly held, in position; The slotted portions and 75 of. the saddle provide; laterally protruding lugs 983 that interfit. within; correspondingly located slots in the flanges 32 and 86 to prevent relative rotationbetween the outer race. ring and the saddle. 70. As analternative. construction, relative rotation between the.outerraceringand the saddlemay be prevented by oneormorepins 100 mounted in. correspondingly located bores in the saddle and the-outer race ring. An equalizer. seat pad 102 of resilient. wear resistant materialcovers av substantial area on the top curved portion 840]? the saddlemember 70 and provides a seat for an equalizer plate. 104 upon which the railway cartruck rests, the; Weight of the. railway car being transmitted through the equalizer plate and the seat pad. to. the journal box therebeneath. In view of theinterfitting relation of the;.-saddle on the outer race ring 20, the:weight of the. car above the journalbox is; distributed over; a relatively large surface of the outerraceway 20 of the antifriction bearing and through alargenumber-of the antifriction rollers 14, thencethroughtheinner race-ring 16;.to the axle. Accordingly, a maximum number of the bearing rollers 14, rather than a few. of. the rollers just at the upper portion of the bearing, transmit the load to the journal asv the rollers travel between the races. Hence, wear isminimized and. the antifriction-bearing lastsmuch longer. Due tomy improved sheet. metal saddle, which is bent to form, the resulting assembly is light in .weight, relatively inexpensive, readily constructed, and of unusually rugged construction. I claim: 1. In ajournal boxfora rotatable axle a bearing including a cylindrical sleeve member in; which the axle isrotatably received, endcaps demountably'fastened to theendsof saidsleevemember, a. unitary'saddle member bent to shapefrorn a single piecezof sheet metal. and 1 receiving. the cylindrical sleeve :member, the. saddle: member having anintermediate curved portion fitted over and conforming to the cylindrical sleeve; member between the end. caps, side saddle walls at eachside of the-intermediate curved portion and extending; above and below the axisof. thesIeeVemember, and: anjintermediate portion of each sidewall tangentially merging with said. intermediate curved portion. 2. In a journal box for arotatable axle,.a bearingdn cluding a cylindrical sleevemember. in.which.the axle is rotatably received, aunitary saddle member bent to generally U=shaped from a.single:-piece ofisheet metal-and.re- ceiving said sleeve-member the saddle member having intermediate its lengtha partivcylindrical portion conforming with and fitted over the upper. portion of said sleeve, side wallson said member tangentially extending in parallel relation from said parti-cylindrical portionat each. side of. the sleeve member,v anda.reinforcing.member secured to and. extending between said side walls below the sleeve member. In a journal box ion a rotatable-axle,abearingincluding a cylindrical sleeve member in which the axle is free to rotate, a unitary saddle bent to generally U-shape from a single piece of shett metal and receiving the sleeve member, the saddle having an intermediate particylindrical portion fitted over the cylindrical sleeve in conforming relation therewith, vertical parallel side walls on the saddle respectively located at each side of the sleeve and tangentially extending from the intermediate saddle portion, and a pair of spaced guide flanges bent out into laterally extending relation from each side wall. 4. In a journal box for a rotatable axle, a bearing including a cylindrical sleeve member for rotatably receiving the axle, a unitary saddle bent to shape from a single piece of sheet metal, the saddle having an intermediate curved portion fitted over and conforming to the upper portion of the cylindrical sleeve member, vertically disposed side saddle walls respectively located at each side of the sleeve member and tangentially extending from the intermediate curved portion, each side of said side walls laterally extending respectively beyond the adjacent end of said intermediate curved portion, a pair of spaced guide flanges laterally extending from each side wall, and wear plates secured to the side Walls and to said flanges. 5. In a journal box having an antifriction bearing rotatably receiving an axle, a bearing outer race ring having a cylindrical periphery, a single-piece sheet metal saddle bent to shape and supported by the race ring, said saddle having an intermediate semi-cylindrical top portion seated on and conforming with the outer race ring, tangential side saddle walls merging with the semi-cylindrical portion and extending in substantially vertical parallel relation at each side of the outer race ring, each of the side portions having a pair of spaced laterally extending flanges providing guiding channels respectively at each side of the saddle, and a reinforcing member, demountably fastened at its ends to the lower ends of the side saddle portions. 6. In a journal box for a rotatable axle, an antifriction bearing rotatably receiving the axle and having an outer race ring, a unitary saddle member bent to shape from a single piece of sheet metal of uniform thickness and receiving said race ring, the saddle member having an intermediate arcuate portion conforming with and seated upon the upper portion of the race ring, parallel downwardly extending side saddle walls respectively tangentially merging with the intermediate arcuate portion at each side of said race ring, the sides of said walls extending beyond the arcuate ends of said intermediate portion, and means securing the race ring and saddle against relative rotation. 7. In a journal box for a rotatable axle, an antifriction bearing receiving the axle for rotation and for endwise shifting movements, said bearing including an outer race ring, an end cap secured in position at the outer end of the race ring, a thrust bearing slidably mounted in the end cap, resilient means in the end cap urging the thrust bearing into engagement with an end of the axle to cushion endise shifting of the axle in one direction, and a saddle member bent to form from sheet metal and having an intermediate curved portion fitted in conforming relation over said outer race ring. 8. In a journal box for a rotatable axle, an antifriction bearing receiving the axle for rotation and for endwise shifting movements, said bearing including an outer race ring, an end cap secured in position at an end of the race ring, a thrust bearing slidably mounted in the end cap and rotatably engageable with the end of the axle, a compressible spring member mounted in the end cap and yieldably urging the thrust bearing into axle engagement, means independent of the thrust bearing and limiting the endwise axle movement from completely compressing the spring member, and a sheet metal saddle bent to form and having an intermediate curved portion seated in conforming relation over the race ring. 9. In a journal box for a rotatable axle, an antifriction bearing receiving the axle for rotation and for endwise shifting movements, said bearing including an outer race ring, an end cap secured to an end of the race ring, an antifriction thrust bearing slidably mounted in the end cap and having a rotatable thrust member engageable with the end of the axle, a compressible spring slidably mounted in the end cap and engaging the thrust bearing to maintain the thrust member against the axle for yieldably cushioning endwise axle movement, shoulder means associated with the first mentioned bearing for limiting endwise axle movement from completely compressing said spring, and a sheet metal saddle secured to the outer race ring, said saddle having an intermediate curved portion fitted over and conforming with an upper portion of the race ring. 10. In a journal box, an antifriction bearing for rotatably receiving an axle and including a horizontally disposed longitudinally extending sleeve forming an outer race ring, front and rear end caps demountably secured to said sleeve, a saddle bent to shape from a single piece of sheet metal and forming a housing for the sleeve, said saddle having an intermediate semi-cylindrical top portion seated upon and conforming with the upper portion of said sleeve, downwardly extending side saddle portions tangentially extending in substantially parallel relation from said top portion, a pair of outwardly extending flanges bent out from the sides of each side saddle portion, interlocking mechanism preventing relative rotation of the sleeve and saddle, and means demountably securing the saddle to said sleeve. 11. In a journal box, an antifriction bearing for rotatably receiving an axle and including a horizontally disposed cylindrical sleeve forming an outer race ring, front and rear end caps demountably secured to said sleeve, an annular flange on one end of the sleeve, an annular flange on the end cap at the opposite end of said sleeve, a unitary sheet metal saddle housing the sleeve, said saddle having an intermediate semi-cylindrical top portion seated on and in conforming relationwith the sleeve between said flanges, interlocking means between the sleeve and one of said flanges, downwardly extending substantially parallel side saddle walls tangentially extending from the semi-cylindrical top portion, and a reinforcing member extending between the side walls below said sleeve. References Cited in the file of this patent UNETED STATES PATENTS 1,230,057 Williams June 12, 1917 2,133,024 Gibbons et al Oct. 11, 1938 2,497,403 Gaver Feb. 14, 1950 2,550,284 Mikulak et al Apr. 24, 1951 Patent Citations
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AA Importing 3 Drawer Chest
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Product Type: Bombe chest | Style: Traditional |
Base Finish: Brown | Mirrored Finish: No |
Hardware Finish: Antique brass | Distressed: Yes |
Base Material: Wood; Manufactured wood
| Top Material: Wood; Manufactured wood
Solid Wood Construction: No | Number of Items Included: 1 |
Non Toxic: Yes | Hand Painted: Yes |
Shape: Rectangular | Lift Top: No |
Finished Back: Yes | Feet/Legs Included: Yes
Exterior Shelves: No | Drawers Included: Yes
Cabinets Included: No | Eco-Friendly: No |
Country of Manufacture: China |
Assembly Required: No | Additional Parts Required: No |
About the Manufacturer
A.A. Importing Company, Inc. was founded in 1934 by A.A. Gralnick in the Gas Light Square area in St. Louis, MO. It began as a distributor for kerosene lamp parts and accessories. Prior to and after World War II, A.A. Importing was heavily involved in the importation of fine crystal and art glass, as well as fine porcelain from Europe. The company became famous for its fine selection of art glass and accessories for the antique trader as well as replacement parts. That was the beginning of building a strong foundation for A.A. Importing in the antique reproduction business. As the nation developed an even greater interest in decorating with an antique theme, A.A. Importing was again at the forefront. Today their sources of antique reproductions have expanded worldwide.STYLE
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