Roller bearing with combined guiding and retention means

Claim 1

IN A RECIRCULATING ROLLER BEARING (A) A ROLLER TRACK, (B) A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS OF THE SAME DIAMETER ARRANGED TRANSVERSELY IN PARALLEL SIDE BY SIDE CONTROL COVERING THE ENTIRE TRACK, (C) A REDUCED NECK NEAR EACH END OF EACH ROLLER, (D) A HEAD FORMED AT THE OUTER END OF EACH REDUCED NECK, (E) A FRUSTO-CONICAL SIDE OF SAID HEAD TAPERING FROM THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID HEAD TO SAID REDUCED NECK, (F) A SUBSTANTIALLY CONICAL TIP TAPERING AXIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID HEAD, (G) A PAIR OF SPACED GUIDE RAILS ON THE LOAD SIDE ONLY OF THE TRACK IN REGISTRY WITH THE RESPECTIVE REDUCED NECKS AND IN NORMAL OPERATIVE ATTITUDE SPACED FROM SAID REDUCED NECK AND FROM SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL SIDE OF SAID HEAD, THE SIDE OF EACH RAIL FACING THE ADJACENT FRUSTO-CONICAL SIDE OF THE ADJACENT HEAD BEING INCLINED OUTWARDLY OF THE TRACK, (H) A RETAINING MEMBER ALONG EACH EDGE OF THE TRACK, (I) EACH RETAINING MEMBER ALONG EACH EDGE OF THE TRACK, IN ALL AROUND AND PARALLEL WITH THE TRACK LOOSELY SURROUNDING AND BEING SPACED FROM THE ADJACENT CONICAL TIPS OF SAID ROLLERS, (J) THE RELATIVE ANGLE OF SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL SIDE OF SAID HEAD AND SAID INCLINED FACING SIDE OF THE RAIL BEING SUCH THAT IN THE SKEWED POSITION OF A ROLLER ONLY A PERIPHERAL LINE OF THE FRUSTO-CONICAL SIDE BETWEEN THE REDUCED NECK AND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID HEAD OF THE ADVANCED END OF THE ROLLER CONTACTS THE FACING INCLINED SIDE OF THE RAIL TO CREATE A FORCE FOR STRAIGHTENING THE SKEWED ROLLER.