Patent ID: 11913492
Assignee: MARCONMETALFAB INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 0:
1. A bearing apparatus for supporting a structure, comprising:
(a) a first assembly having a top surface for supporting a superstructure;
(b) a second assembly having a bottom surface mountable on a substructure; and
(c) a cassette assembly in between the first and second assemblies, and comprising
a cassette housing in contact with a top surface of the second assembly, and
a cassette removably fastened to the cassette housing and being slidably removable from the cassette housing while the cassette housing remains in between the first and second assemblies, the cassette comprising a backing plate and a sliding layer mounted to the backing plate and in sliding contact with a bottom surface of the first assembly, such that the first assembly is movable relative to the second assembly along the sliding layer.