Tilting pad thrust bearing

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED TILTING PAD THRUST BEARING COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) AN ANNULAR HOUSING; (B) A FIRST SERIES OF EQUALIZER PLATES PROVIDED WITH GENERALLY CYLINDRICALLY CURVED LOWER SURFACES SURMOUNTING A PLANAR SURFACE FORMED UPON THE ANNULAR HOUSING; (C) A SECOND SERIES OF EQUALIZER PLATES SURMOUNTING GENERALLY CYLINDRICALLY CURVED UPPER SURFACES PROVIDED UPON SAID FIRST SERIES OF EQUALIZER PLATES; (D) SAID SECOND SERIES OF EQUALIZER PLATES BEING PROVIDED WITH SPHERICAL ELEMENTS PROJECTING FROM THEIR UPPER SURFACES; (E) A SERIES OF BEARING SHOES PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED UPON SAID SPHERICAL ELEMENTS; AND (F) AN ANNULARLY DISPOSED SERIES OF REMOVABLE PINS SEATED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID HOUSING AND THROUGH APERTURES PROVIDED IN SAID FIRST SERIES OF EQUALIZER PLATES, SAID ANNULARLY DISPOSED SERIES OF PINS ALSO EXTENDING THROUGH A SERIES OF PERMETRIC SLOTS PROVIDED IN SAID SECOND SERIES OF EQUALIZER PLATES AND IN SAID SERIES OF BEARING SHOES; (G) THE EXPOSED ENDS OF SAID REMOVABLE PINS BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF EQUALIZER PLATES AND SAID SERIES OF BEARING SHOES WITHIN SAID HOUSING.