.~ Including bearing means adapted to enable bowl to establish dynamic axis of rotation
DEFINITION
Classification: 494/46
Including bearing means adapted to enable bowl to establish dynamic axis of rotation:
(under subclass 43) Apparatus which includes one or more surfaces which engage either the member or an element (e.g., the drive spindle) thereof and which surfaces are so constructed, mounted, etc., as to permit the member, when placed in rotation, to define, as the axis about which it turns, a line which may be slightly offset, in whole or part, from that line which appears to represent its geometric center when at rest.
(1) Note. The purpose here is to allow the axis of rotation to be dictated by the center of gravity of the rotating mass.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
210, Liquid Purification or Separation,
363, for apparatus of that class wherein the constituents of a mixture are separated by passing the mixture through a medium having openings, (i.e., a filter) and wherein the medium is capable of movement and further wherein the medium is adapted for rapid movement about an axis of rotation and additionally wherein adjustable means is provided to position the center of gravity of the structure on the geometric axis of rotation.
384, Bearings,
193, for a bearing for a rotary element wherein the contact
involved is of a sliding or a line nature and further wherein the bearing is adapted to receive a load imposed in the direction of the axis of rotation and additionally wherein the load is a thrust load on a vertical shaft and lastly wherein the bearing and the shaft are given limited relative motion to allow for oscillation of the shaft about its vertical axis.
