Patent ID: 6647815
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: D21G,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A slide positioner for moving a structural member from an inoperative position to at least one of an operative position and a working position within a papermaking machine, said slide positioner comprising:a base; a first bearing assembly connected to said base; a second bearing assembly connected to said base and spaced from said first bearing assembly; and a sliding shaft supported by said first bearing assembly and said second bearing assembly, said sliding shaft being configured for supporting the structural member, said sliding shaft having a shaft axis and an at least approximately polygonal cross section, said first bearing assembly and said second bearing assembly conjunctively defining a bearing axis and being one of pivotable and rotatable about said bearing axis, said bearing axis being parallel to said shaft axis, said first bearing assembly and said second bearing assembly thereby being mountable in various angular positions relative to said base, said shaft axis having a direction, said sliding shaft slidable in said direction of said shaft axis when moving the structural member.