for Machinery and Rolling Stock.
Year: 1885

page_text: for Machinery and Rolling Stock.
We, FREDRICK HERBERT ANDERTON of Copper Street Sheffield, Yorkshire,
Machinist, and GEORGE WILLIAM ELLIOTT of 12 Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield,
Yorkshire, Mining & Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS
FOR MACHINERY & ROLLING STOCK to be as follows:-
The application of Balls an Rollers to substitute a rolling for a rubbing action
to bearings for Machinery and Rolling Stock has been applied in various ways but
not extensively used on account of the deffective arrangements in applying the
principle, and it is only in velocipedes that the arrangements have been carried out
In a practical way, and the object of this invention is to modify these arrangements
to make them applicable to Machinery & Rolling stock.
For this object we make a cage, or sleeve perforated at different places, to receive
balls or rollers; which revolve freely in these spaces.
The cage is for the purpose of 'keeping the balls or rollers in their places and
preventing then congregating together, and is made to pass freely between the
bearing and the pedestal or axle box, and is caused to revolve around the bearing,
by the balls or rollers.
The balls or rollers bear against the bearing and against the pedestal or axle
box. The balls are spheres of steel or metal and the rollers plain cylinders of steel
or metal, and the perforations in the cage are such that the balls or rollers may
pass freely through them.
A false bearing or sleeve may be fixed upon the bearing so that the part upon
which the balls or rollers bear, may with greater ease and safety be hardened to
resist wear, and also in the case of where balls are used, to prevent weakening the
shaft or axle by cutting grooves to receive the balls. By this arrangement also it
is more easy to keep to standard sizes for pedestals, as the sleeve only need be
altered to suit alight variations in the diameters of shafts or bearings.
A lining of steel or other hard metal may also be used for the inside of the
pedestal or axle box, so that it can be hardened to resist wear, & easily be renewed
when necessary.

page_text: The sleeves or false bearings, & cages, may each be made in one solid piece, or in
parts so as to be easily put on a shaft when they cannot be put over one end.
When made in parts the screws connecting the parts are recessed partly in the
body of the sleeve or cage so as to take up as little space as possible.
The inside of the pedestal may be formed so that the greatest diameter is that
part whereon the balls or rollers bear, and thus all surplus oil or lubricant would
drain to that part and be utilised, a flange being formed on the outside to prevent
the loss of oil, & also to enclose the cage which keeps the balls or rollers in position,
and the sleeve secured on the bearing. This flange fits close to the shaft or axle
& prevents dust or dirt getting to the bearing.
Dated this 20th day of June 1885.
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for Machinery and Rolling Stock.
We, FREDRICK HERBERT ANDERTON, of 5 Norfolk Row Sheffield, Yorkshire,
Machinist, and GEORGE WILLIAM ELLIOTT of 12 Clarkehouse Road Sheffield,
Yorkshire, Mining and Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS
FOR MACHINERY AND ROLLING STOCK and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained. in and by the following
statement :-
The application of Balls and Rollers to substitute a rolling for a rubbing action
to bearings for Machinery and Rolling Stock has been applied in various ways but
not generally used on account of the deffective arrangements in applying the
principle and it is only in Velocipedes that the arrangements have been carried out
in a practical way and the object of this invention is to modify those arrangements
to make them applicable to machinery and Rolling Stock.
In order that the manner of carrying out this invention may clearly be under-
stood, a sheet of drawings is annexed, in which the same letters of reference in
each figure refer to like parts.
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a pedestal fitted with a double row of
balls for machinery. Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is a sectional end elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4. is the same as Fig. 3 but showing a single row of rollers in place of the
balls.
Fig. 5. is a side elevation of part of Fig. 4 showing false bearing, cage and
rollera.
Fig. 6. is a side elevation of false bearing and cage, fitted with a double row
of balls.
Fig. 7. is a plan of Fig. 6.
Fig. 8. is a side elevation of false bearing, and cage, fitted with rollers.
Fig. 9 is a plan of Fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is a side elevation of cage for rollers made in two parta.
Fig. 11 is a plan of Fig. 10.
In carrying out this invention we make a cage C. perforated at different places
to receive balls B. or rollers R. which revolve freely in these spaces. The cage is
for the purpose of keeping the balls or rollers in their places and preventing them
congregating together, so that any desired number of balls or rollers may be used.
The Cage C. is made to pass freely between the bearing or false bearing F. on the
shaft, and the pedestal or axle box, and is caused to revolve around the bearing by
the balls or rollers.
The Cage C, is made in one solid piece as in Fig. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. and
pierced to receive freely the balls or rollers, or made in parts as in Figs. 10. 11. to
enable it to be put on a bearing where it could not be passed over one end of the
shaft. The holes may be pierced in any desired modification of the arrangement
shown, for one or more rows of balls or rollers, and may be carried to the edges of

page_text: the cage so that the balls or rollers may be inserted from the edges of the cage,
instead of dropped in their places from the outside of the cage. In this arrange-
ment for single rows of balls or rollers, the openings will be alternately from each
edge of the cage, and in double rows, each row from the nearest edge of the cage.
The balls B & rollers R, bear against the bearing or false bearing F. and against
the pedestal, or axle box, or the lining L.
The balls B are spheres of steel or metal, and grooves are cut in the bearing, or
false bearing F. and in the inside of the pedestal or axle box, or the lining L. for
them to run in.
The Rollers R. are plain cylinders of steel or other metal, and bear against the
bearing or false bearing F. and the inside or lining L. of the pedestal or axle box.
The bearing or false bearing may have a recess cut for the rollers to run in or be
left plain, and the pedestal or axle box recessed slightly to keep the rollers in
position.
A false Bearing F. is fixed upon the shaft by means of the small set screw S. or
any other suitable manner. The object of this false bearing is to prevent the
necessity of cutting grooves in the shaft for the balls or rollers to run in, and also
to keep the main parts to standard sizes, as the inside of the false bearing only
need be altered to fit shafts slightly varying in diameter. This false bearing may
also be hardened to resist wear.
In all the illustrations of the false bearing, it is represented in one solid piece,
but it is obvious that it can be made in parts in the same manner as the cage C,
'as shown in Figs. 10. 11. or it may be dispensed with. It may also be used in
connection with other arrangements of ball or roller bearings.
A lining L of steel or other hard metal may be used for the inside of the
pedestal or axle box, so that it can be hardened to resist wear, and easily renewed
when necessary.
This lining L. is represented in the 'illustration of the pedestal, but it is obvious
that it may be dispensed with, and the grooves or recess for the balls or rollers, cut
in the metal forming part of the pedestal or axle box.
When the cage C. or false bearing F. is made in parts the screws Z. connecting
the parts together, are recessed partly into the body of the cage or false bearing as
shown in Figs. 10. 11. so as to take up as little room as possible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is,
1. The cage, solid or in parts, for Ball or Roller Bearings, for Machinery & Rolling
Stock substantially as described & illustrated.
2. The false bearing for Ball or Roller Bearings for Machinery and Rolling Stock
substantially as described and illustrated.
3. The 'Lining for Ball or Roller Bearings for Machinery and Rolling Stock
substantially as described and illustrated.
Doted this 10th day of Mamb 1886