Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897
I, JOSEPH HOLLIS 27 Bath Street, Ilkeston, Watchmaker and Jeweller, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in certain improvements in ball bearings the object being
to enable the ball races and balls to be adjusted together and then the whole inserted
into the hub or bracket and secured in position by means of screws or other suitable
In carrying out my invention I provide a ring having a ball race formed
upon the inner diameter of same and in which the balls run being maintained in
position by means of adjustable collars having ball races upon the adjacent edges of
same, said collars being screwed upon the spindle and locked in the required position
by means of lock nuts or the like suitable means. By this arrangement the whole
when adjusted may be placed in a suitable hub or bracket and the rings aforesaid
secured thereto by means of screws or the like convenient and well known means
and the whole can also be removed when required from the hub or bracket without
interfering with the adjustment of the balls races and spindles.
Dated this 10th Outcha- 1000
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
I, JOSEPH HOLLIS, 27 Bath Street Ilkeston Watchmaker and Jeweller, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists in certain improvements in ball bearings the object being
to enable the ball races and balls to be adjusted together and then the whole inserted
into the hub or bracket and secured in position by means of screws or other suitable
means.
In carrying out my invention I provide a ring having a ball race formed upon the
inner diameter of same and in which the balls run being maintained in position by
means of adjustable collars having ball races upon the adjacent edges of same, said
collars being screwed upon the spindle and locked in the required position by means
of lock nuts or the like suitable means.
By this arrangement the whole when adjusted may be placed in a suitable hub or
bracket and the rings aforesaid secured thereto by means of screws, or the like
convenient and well known means and the whole can also be removed when required
from the hub or bracket without interfering with the adjustment of the ball races
and spindles.

page_text: In order that my invention may be fully understood I will now refer to the annexed
drawings in which Figure 1. is a sectional elevation of my improved bearing.
a is a hub or the like in which the bearing is carried. The spindle b is
provided with the shoulders c upon which the collars d bear said collars being
screwed upon the spindle a and having the ball races e upon same. The collars f
are also provided with the ball races f¹, and are screwed upon the spindle a and
locked in position by means of the lock nuts h after adjustment. The balls i run in
the races or grooves e & fi and the races or grooves g in the rings j which are of a
size to fit the interior of the hub a. The rings are secured in the hub by means of
the set screws k. By this arrangement it will be seen that the spindle, collars
rings & balls may be removed from the hub or the like without necessitating the
dismounting of the balls or interfering with the adjustment of the bearing, and
again the bearing may be adjusted very readily in the hub a or the like as required
being secured in the required position by means of the set screws k. Although I
have shown set screws as a means of securing the rings in the hub it will be readily
understood that there are various other well known and convenient means by which
the securing of the rings may be effected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combined construction and arrangement of the various parts substantially as
described and illustrated herein.
2. In ball bearings, two or more rings or bearings having a ball race in which balls
run, said balls being supported on ball races or grooves formed upon collars or the
like which are screwed upon a spindle having shoulders or projections upon which
two or more of the collars bear, the corresponding collars being secured in position
by means of lock nuts; said rings or bearings being secured in position in the hub
or the like by means of the set screws or such suitable means, so that the complete
bearing may be removed from the hub or the like when required and adjusted
therein without interfering with the adjustment of the balls and races.
Dated this 19th day of July 1897.