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US1518731A
US1518731A US661347A US66134723A US1518731A US 1518731 A US1518731 A US 1518731A US 661347 A US661347 A US 661347A US 66134723 A US66134723 A US 66134723A US 1518731 A US1518731 A US 1518731A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C43/00—Assembling bearings
    • F16C43/04—Assembling rolling-contact bearings
    • F16C43/06—Placing rolling bodies in cages or bearings
    • F16C43/08—Placing rolling bodies in cages or bearings by deforming the cages or the races
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C19/00—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement
    • F16C19/22—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings
    • F16C19/34—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load
    • F16C19/36—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with a single row of rollers
    • F16C19/364—Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for both radial and axial load with a single row of rollers with tapered rollers, i.e. rollers having essentially the shape of a truncated cone
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
    • F16C33/30—Parts of ball or roller bearings
    • F16C33/46—Cages for rollers or needles
    • F16C33/54—Cages for rollers or needles made from wire, strips, or sheet metal
    • F16C33/542—Cages for rollers or needles made from wire, strips, or sheet metal made from sheet metal
    • F16C33/543—Cages for rollers or needles made from wire, strips, or sheet metal made from sheet metal from a single part

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  • My invention relates to cages for roller bearings and has for its principal objects to facilitate the assembling of the rollers, to provide for the removal and replacement of individual rollers and to obtain economy of manufacture.
  • the invention consists principally in a cage made from a sheet metal stamping, said stamping or blank being in the form of a circular ring with spoke-like arms radiating therefrom and terminating i'n widened end portions. It also consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described; and it also consists in the method of assembling the rollers as hereinafter described and claimed.
  • Fig. 1 is a stamping or blank made from a flat sheet of metal and representing the first step in the manufacture of my cage;
  • Fig. 2 is a section of the blank at the end of the second step in the manufacture of my cage, said blank having the outer margins of the widened end portions of the radial arms flanged or bent up; 7
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the blank at the end of the third step in the manufacture of the cage, the outer margin of the circular ring being struck up at an oblique angle, carrying the radial arms therewith;
  • Fig. 4 is a section taken longitudinally of the axis of the bearing and representing the first step in the assembling of the parts, the cage being in the condition illustrated in Fig. 3 and the bearing cone and rollers being shown in process of assembly;
  • Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the complete bearing
  • Fig. 6 is an end view of the bearing; and" Fig. 7 is a detail cross-section, of one of the radial arms or bridge pieces.
  • the cage is made from a sheet A of suitable metal (indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1).
  • the first step in the operation is to stampthe diameter of the cone formed by the axes of the rollers measured at the smaller ends of said rollers.
  • the radial arms constitute the sides of the roller pockets and are obliquely inclined relative to the axis of the cage so as to lie substantially parallel with the axis of the adjacent rollers respectively,that is, said arms lie beyond but close to the conical surface in which said axes lie.
  • the end portions 4 of said arms are widened, shaped and flanged to engage with one another and form an annular end for said cage, the'inner edge of this annular end being preferably of slightly larger diameter than the rib 5 of the larger end of the bearing cone.
  • the longitudinal edges 6 of the radial arms that constitute the sides of the roller pockets are broken down in the stamping operation. that is, have their inner edges beveled, as illustrated in Fig. 7, so as to adapt said cd es for better cooperation with the rollers.
  • the first step in the manufacture of the cage is to form the stamping or blank B illustrated in Fig. 1 and hereinbefore described.
  • the next step in the manufacture is to strike up the outermost marginal portions 7 of the terminal enlargements of the radial arms or bridge members.
  • the edges 6 of the radialarms or bridge members are broken down as above described. Alsoduring this operation, the members that are designed to constitute the sectional end members of the cage are blanked out.
  • each of such enlargements 4 is the counterpart of the adjacent side edge of the next enargement, such edges bein so spaced, chamfared and shaped in the b ank that in their final osition 1n the assembled bearin they will he in the same plane and preferifiily in contact with each 0t er so as to form a substantially continuous sectional ring.
  • the adjacent edges of adjacent arms are formed respective y with a tongue 9 and a groove 10 of proper size and position to match so that, when engaged, they will increase the strength of the cage.
  • the bending up of the arms or bridge pieces is efiecte'd by flangstraight and integral with a continuous flange at the narrower end ofthe cage and integral with wide flan es on their terminal enlargements that inter ock to form a sectional ring at the wider end of the cage.
  • Fig. 4 The process of assembling the parts is illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein the radial arms or bridge pieces stand out at a more oblique angle than in their final closed-in position.
  • the rollers 11 With the cage in this open position and resting on its smaller end, the rollers 11 are set in its respective pockets and the bearing cone 3 placed endwise inside of the series of rollers.
  • the parts thus assembled are placed in a cup or bearing ring 12 or suitable form and the arms or bridge pieces are then closed-in by any suitable mechanism. That is, the bridge pieces are bent so as to bring the side edges of their widened ends into contact with one another and thereby form a substantially continuous sectional ring.
  • the tongue-androove en agement is provided for, it is pre erable to llave the tongues in one series of arms and the grooves in another series alternating therewith.
  • the outermost margins of the arms of one series are bent only part-way to their final position (as indicated at 13) so that, when the arms are swun inwardly on their inner ends substantially parallel with the cones of the axis of the rollers, the end portions of the tongued arms will stand at a different angle from the terminal portions of the grooved arms;
  • a sheet metal blank for a roller hearing cage comprising a central annular portion and arms extending radially therefrom and having their end portions widened and chamfered, and having tongue-and-groove elements in the sides of the endmost portions thereof.
  • a cage for roller bearings comprising an annular portion and spaced arms extending therefrom in the form of a cone, the end portions of said arms being widened and chamfered and having their endmost portions bent inwardl to form a continuous ring transverse to t e axis of the cage.
  • a cage for roller bearings comprising an annular portion and spaced arms extend-

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Dec. 9, 1924- E. N. DICKINSON CAGE FOR ROLLER BEARINGS Filed Sept. '7, 1923 Patented Dec. 9, 1924.
UNITED STATES 1,518,731 PATENT OFFICE.
ELISHA N. DICKINSON, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING COMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.
CAGE FOR ROLLER BEARINGS.
Application filed September 7, 1923. Serial 1T0. 881,347.
To all 'w/wm'it may concern:
Be it known that I, ELIsHA N. DICKINSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the cit of Canton, county of Stark, and State of hio, have-invented a new and useful Improvement in Cages for Roller Bearings, of which the following is a specification..
My invention relates to cages for roller bearings and has for its principal objects to facilitate the assembling of the rollers, to provide for the removal and replacement of individual rollers and to obtain economy of manufacture. The invention consists principally in a cage made from a sheet metal stamping, said stamping or blank being in the form of a circular ring with spoke-like arms radiating therefrom and terminating i'n widened end portions. It also consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described; and it also consists in the method of assembling the rollers as hereinafter described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing, wherein like. numerals refer to like parts wherever they occur,
Fig. 1 is a stamping or blank made from a flat sheet of metal and representing the first step in the manufacture of my cage;
Fig. 2 is a section of the blank at the end of the second step in the manufacture of my cage, said blank having the outer margins of the widened end portions of the radial arms flanged or bent up; 7
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the blank at the end of the third step in the manufacture of the cage, the outer margin of the circular ring being struck up at an oblique angle, carrying the radial arms therewith;
Fig. 4 is a section taken longitudinally of the axis of the bearing and representing the first step in the assembling of the parts, the cage being in the condition illustrated in Fig. 3 and the bearing cone and rollers being shown in process of assembly;
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the complete bearing;
Fig. 6 is an end view of the bearing; and" Fig. 7 is a detail cross-section, of one of the radial arms or bridge pieces.
According to the present invention, the cage is made from a sheet A of suitable metal (indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1). The first step in the operation is to stampthe diameter of the cone formed by the axes of the rollers measured at the smaller ends of said rollers. In the completed cage, the radial arms constitute the sides of the roller pockets and are obliquely inclined relative to the axis of the cage so as to lie substantially parallel with the axis of the adjacent rollers respectively,that is, said arms lie beyond but close to the conical surface in which said axes lie. The end portions 4 of said arms are widened, shaped and flanged to engage with one another and form an annular end for said cage, the'inner edge of this annular end being preferably of slightly larger diameter than the rib 5 of the larger end of the bearing cone. The longitudinal edges 6 of the radial arms that constitute the sides of the roller pockets are broken down in the stamping operation. that is, have their inner edges beveled, as illustrated in Fig. 7, so as to adapt said cd es for better cooperation with the rollers.
The first step in the manufacture of the cage is to form the stamping or blank B illustrated in Fig. 1 and hereinbefore described. The next step in the manufacture is to strike up the outermost marginal portions 7 of the terminal enlargements of the radial arms or bridge members. During the operation of stamping, the edges 6 of the radialarms or bridge members are broken down as above described. Alsoduring this operation, the members that are designed to constitute the sectional end members of the cage are blanked out. The side edge 8 of each of such enlargements 4 is the counterpart of the adjacent side edge of the next enargement, such edges bein so spaced, chamfared and shaped in the b ank that in their final osition 1n the assembled bearin they will he in the same plane and preferifiily in contact with each 0t er so as to form a substantially continuous sectional ring. Preferabl the adjacent edges of adjacent arms are formed respective y with a tongue 9 and a groove 10 of proper size and position to match so that, when engaged, they will increase the strength of the cage.
As indicated in Fig. 3, the bending up of the arms or bridge pieces is efiecte'd by flangstraight and integral with a continuous flange at the narrower end ofthe cage and integral with wide flan es on their terminal enlargements that inter ock to form a sectional ring at the wider end of the cage.
The process of assembling the parts is illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein the radial arms or bridge pieces stand out at a more oblique angle than in their final closed-in position. With the cage in this open position and resting on its smaller end, the rollers 11 are set in its respective pockets and the bearing cone 3 placed endwise inside of the series of rollers. Thereupon, the parts thus assembled are placed in a cup or bearing ring 12 or suitable form and the arms or bridge pieces are then closed-in by any suitable mechanism. That is, the bridge pieces are bent so as to bring the side edges of their widened ends into contact with one another and thereby form a substantially continuous sectional ring. Where the tongue-androove en agement is provided for, it is pre erable to llave the tongues in one series of arms and the grooves in another series alternating therewith. In such case, the outermost margins of the arms of one series are bent only part-way to their final position (as indicated at 13) so that, when the arms are swun inwardly on their inner ends substantially parallel with the cones of the axis of the rollers, the end portions of the tongued arms will stand at a different angle from the terminal portions of the grooved arms;
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and when the arms are in this closed position, the end portions that were only partially deflected, are deflected the full way and thus cause the tongues and grooves to engage.
In addition to the obvious simplicity of my construction and the economy of manufacturing my cage, it has the great merit of facilitating the assembling of the parts and more particularly the great merit of permitting theeasy removal 'and replacement of any one or more of the rollers. For the purpose of replacement, itis only necessary to bend out some one or more particular radial arms far enough to remove the roller or rollers and. insert a new one and then bend said arm back'into place.
What I claim is:
1. A sheet metal blank for a roller hearing cage comprising a central annular portion and arms extending radially therefrom and having their end portions widened and chamfered, and having tongue-and-groove elements in the sides of the endmost portions thereof. i
2. A cage for roller bearings comprising an annular portion and spaced arms extending therefrom in the form of a cone, the end portions of said arms being widened and chamfered and having their endmost portions bent inwardl to form a continuous ring transverse to t e axis of the cage.
3. A cage for roller bearings comprising an annular portion and spaced arms extend-,
ing therefrom in the form of a cone, the end portions of said arms being widened and 'chamfered and having their endmost portions bent inwardly in the form of a ring transverse to the axis of the cage, said endmost portions of the arms having cooperattongue-and-groove elements in their sides.
Signed at Canton, Ohio, this 31st day of August, 1923.
ELIsHA N. DICKINSON.
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US2435839A (en) * 1945-12-24 1948-02-10 Timken Roller Bearing Co Taper roller bearing and cage
US3004809A (en) * 1957-12-19 1961-10-17 Skf Svenska Kullagerfab Ab Thrust roller bearings
DE19605471A1 (en) * 1996-02-14 1997-08-21 Seok Joon Song Roller bearing cage manufacturing method
JP2007232105A (en) * 2006-03-01 2007-09-13 Nsk Ltd Roller bearing and method of manufacturing conical roller bearing
EP1580028A3 (en) * 2004-03-25 2008-01-30 JTEKT Corporation Tapered roller bearing
DE102006056502A1 (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-06-05 Aktiebolaget Skf Cage for e.g. tapered roller bearing, has bars with strip sections provided in radially outwards end area on sides of bars, where width of sections is enlarged from connection point at bars to end that is distant from point

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2435839A (en) * 1945-12-24 1948-02-10 Timken Roller Bearing Co Taper roller bearing and cage
US3004809A (en) * 1957-12-19 1961-10-17 Skf Svenska Kullagerfab Ab Thrust roller bearings
DE19605471A1 (en) * 1996-02-14 1997-08-21 Seok Joon Song Roller bearing cage manufacturing method
EP1580028A3 (en) * 2004-03-25 2008-01-30 JTEKT Corporation Tapered roller bearing
JP2007232105A (en) * 2006-03-01 2007-09-13 Nsk Ltd Roller bearing and method of manufacturing conical roller bearing
DE102006056502A1 (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-06-05 Aktiebolaget Skf Cage for e.g. tapered roller bearing, has bars with strip sections provided in radially outwards end area on sides of bars, where width of sections is enlarged from connection point at bars to end that is distant from point
DE102006056502B4 (en) * 2006-11-30 2008-08-14 Aktiebolaget Skf Cage for rolling bearing and method for its production

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