Patent ID: 8020797

Claim:
Apparatus for aligning a refining disc in a refiner for disintegrating lignocellulose-containing material, said refiner including an axle package and a support for supporting the axle package with respect to the ground, said axle package including a rotatable axle attached to said refining disc and a bearing housing in which said rotatable axle is journalled, said bearing housing including bearings for said axle to facilitate rotation thereof, said apparatus comprising a first wedge member slidable along said support, a second wedge member disposed between said first wedge member and said bearing housing, said second wedge member slidable in a transverse direction to said slidable movement of said first wedge member, a controller for controlling the displacement of said first wedge member, and a support member for supporting said bearing housing, said support member being disposed between said second wedge member and said bearing housing, said bearing housing including a recess for accepting said support member, whereby said support member is adapted to engage said recess in said bearing housing, said support member having a convex contact surface for engagement with said recess in said bearing housing, said convex contact surface being displaceable with respect to the surface of said recess in said bearing housing.