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

Patent ·
OSTI ID:864790

Two support rings on a rotatable drum respectively engage conically tapered nd 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.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4416492
OSTI ID:
864790
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English