Patent ID: 6139478
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: A01F,F16C

Abstract:
In combination with a roll in the form of a hollow cylinder having a shaft projecting axially from one end thereof and being received in a bearing supported within one of said cylinder and a fixed side wall located exteriorly of, and having an inner surface spaced axially from, said one end of said cylinder so as to define a gap, an arrangement for preventing moisture and dirt from reaching the bearing from said gap between the wall and the cylinder, comprising: a collar fixed to said inner surface of said side wall and including a first cylindrical sealing surface extending axially into said cylinder from said wall and arranged concentrically to said shaft; and a sealing body connected to said roll so as to rotate therewith and having a second cylindrical sealing surface including a plurality of annular, axially spaced sealing lips disposed at least in close, confronting, sealing relationship to, said first cylindrical sealing surface of said collar.