Claims
- 1. A bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable shaft to be journalled in the bearing assembly comprising:
- (1) a bearing member having a spherical outer surface at each end thereof and a central bore sized to receive the rotatable shaft in a bearing relationship, said bearing member being pervious to the passage of oil from its outer surface to its central bore;
- (2) a rigid cast mounting member having an outer surface, an inner surface and a radially inwardly extending mounting flange, said flange having a spherical surface near its inner edge slidably engaging the spherical surface at one end of the bearing, said flange having openings therein to enable lubricant to pass through the flange;
- (3) a non-unitary retainer mounted on said support means and having a spherical surface near the inner edge thereof slidably engaging the spherical surface at the other end of said bearing member to clamp the bearing member between the unitary flange and the non-unitary retainer in a press fit whereby a first cavity is defined by the outer surface of said bearing member and inner surfaces of said mounting member, said flange and said retainer;
- (4) an oil slinger positioned adjacent to each end of said bearing member to sling lubricant radially outward, said oil slingers being sized to be press fit on the rotatable shaft for rotation therewith;
- (5) two cap means each defining second cavities that are disposed radially outwardly from each of said oil slingers and in communication with said first cavity through openings defined in said flange and said retainer; and
- (6) a lubricant-impregnated wicking material located within said first and second cavities and said openings defined in said flange and said retainer, such that oil slung by said slingers is received within said second cavities and transferred to said first cavity through said openings.
- 2. The bearing assembly defined in claim 1 wherein said cap means comprises a first end cap having adjacent said oil slinger a coaxial aperture for passage of the rotatable shaft and a second end cap having no aperture.
- 3. A bearing assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said mounting member has an outer surface which is at least partially cylindrical and an inner surface which is at least partially cylindrical.
- 4. A bearing assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein said mounting member is made of zinc.
- 5. The bearing assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the annular surface is substantially coplanar with one end of said outer surface.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 495,410, filed May 17, 1983, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 257,098, filed Apr. 24, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,392,753, issued July 12, 1983, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 81,614, filed Oct. 3, 1979, now abandoned.
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