Damping bearing for the shafts of a gas centrifuge

Claim 1

IN A GAS CENTRIFUGE, A ROTOR, MEANS FOR DAMPING SAID ROTOR AGAINST PROCESSION MOVEMENTS SUPERIMPOSED BY RELATIVELY FASTER VIBRATIONS OF SAID ROTOR, A FRAME SUPPORTING SAID ROTOR, A HOLLOW SHAFT DISPOSEED AT AND CONNECTED TO EACH END FACE OF SAID ROTOR, SAID MEANS FOR DAMPING INCLUDING A BEARING FOR EACH OF SAID SHAFTS, A CLOSED HOUSING FILLED WITH LIQUID FOR EACH OF SAID BEARINGS, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY DISPOSED DEFORMABLE MEMBERS IN SAID HOUSING, THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING AND THE INNER ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS CARRYING SAID BEARING SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER OF SAID HOUSING, SAID DEFORMABLE MEMBERS PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF SAID BEARING IN A PLANE DISPOSED PERPENDICULARLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SHAFT, SAID SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY DISPOSED MEMBERS DEFINING WITH THE INNER FACE OF SAID HOUSING A PLURALITY OF LIQUID CONTAINING CHAMBERS, AND CONDUITS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT CHAMBERS FOR A FLOW OF SAID LIQUID BETWEEN SAID CHAMBERS DURING SAID PRECESSION MOVEMENTS OF SAID ROTOR AND DAMPING SAID MOVEMENTS OF THE LATTER, THROTTLED LIQUID FEEDING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CHAMBERS FOR FEEDING LIQUID TO SAID CHAMBERS TO REPLACE LIQUID REMOVED FROM SAID CHAMBERS BY VIBRATIONS ORIGINATING FROM THE ECCENTRICITY OF SAID ROTOR, SAID THROTTLED FEEDING MEANS FEEDING SAID LIQUID AT SUCH A SLOW RATE THAT HOLLOW SPACES ARE CREATED AND EXTINGUISHED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SAID CHAMBERS ACCORDING TO THE VHYTHM OF SAID VIBRATIONS.