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Title: System for automatically aligning a support roller system under a rotating body

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5254831

Two support rings on a rotatable drum respectively engage conically tapered end surfaces of support rollers mounted on pivot universally relative to its axis of rotation and translate therealong. Rotation of the drum on differential conical support roller diameters causes pivotal steering and axial translation of support roller until roller is centered on support rings.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4416492
OSTI ID:
5254831
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Jul 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-400544
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English