Roller bar mounting in a lathe

Claim 1

IN A VENEER LATHE HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED AND RELATIVELY AXIALLY MOVABLE CHUCK MECHANISMS FOR MOUNTING THE ENDS OF A LOG, CUTTING KNIFE AND ROLLER-BAR MEANS AND FRAME STRUCTURE MOUNTING THE SAME SHIFTABLE IN A RADIAL DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID CHUCK MECHANISMS WITH THE ROLLER-BAR AND KNIFE MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND WITH THEIR ENDS ADJACENT SAID CHUCK MECHANISMS, SAID ROLLER-BAR MEANS HAVING AN END THAT IN AT LEAST SOME RELATIVE POSITIONS OF SAID CHUCK MECHANISM EXTEND OUTWARDLY OF ITS ADJACENT CHUCK MECHANISM, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A MOUNTING AND DRIVE MEANS FOR SAID END COMPRISING A BEARING BASE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME STRUCTURE CAP MEANS DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID BEARING BASE, SAID CAP MEANS AND BASE HAVING WALL PORTIONS DEFINING A PAIR OF ALIGNED BEARING-RECEIVING CAVITIES, AN ANTIFRICTION RADIAL-BEARING ASSEMBLY MOUNTED IN EACH OF SAID CAVITIES AND JOURNALING AXIALLY SPACED PORTIONS OF SAID END, A SPROCKET MADE FAST TO AND ENCIRCLING A PORTION OF SAID END INTERMEDIATE SAID ANTIFRACTION RADIAL-BEARING ASSEMBLIES, A DRIVE BELT TRAINED OVER SAID SPROCKET, AN ANTIFRICTION THRUST-BEARING ASSEMBLY JOURNALING SAID END AND SPACED AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ANTIFRICTION RADIAL-BEARING ASSEMBLIES, AND A DETACHABLE MOUNTING FOR SAID THRUST-BEARING ASSEMBLY POSITIONED TO ONE SIDE OF SAID BASE.