Patent ID: 6126356
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: F16B,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
A mounting apparatus for mounting a rotating element to a housing, the housing defining an opening through a wall of the housing, the mounting apparatus comprising:a tube including an aperture therethrough, said tube including a first tube portion thereof including a cylindrical outer periphery and a second tube portion thereof connected to the first tube portion and securable to the opening through the wall of the housing, said second tube portion including a distal end having a lip extending outwardly; anda cap including a body portion thereof having a body outer periphery thereof matingly fitted to the aperture of said tube, said cap further includes a flange extending outwardly from a first end of said body portion in a direction perpendicular to the body outer periphery of the body portion of said cap, said cap further including a connector extending from a second end of said body portion opposed to said first end, said connector for connecting said cap to said tube;wherein the connector extends distal of the lip and is removeably connectable with respect to at least one of the tube and the lip.