Precision spindle mounting

Claim 1

A BEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING (A) AT LEAST ONE BEARING MEMBER, (B) A JOURNAL ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID BEARING MEMBER, (C) PERIPHERALLY SPACED PRE-FORMED GROOVES IN SAID BEARING MEMBER DEFINING RIGID PERIPHERALLY SPACED BEARING PADS, (D) SAID BEARING MEMBER HAVING MEANS ADJUSTING THE SAME RADIALLY TO FORM BETWEEN EACH BEARING PAD AND SAID JOURNAL AN OIL FILM OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM AND IRREDUCIBLE THINNESS ENTIRELY ACROSS THE PERIPHERY OF THE PAD FOR THE FULL RANGE OF OPERATING CONDITIONS OF SAID BEARING MEMBER AND JOURNAL WHEREBY TO PREVENT RADIAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID JOURNAL BY THE EXTERNAL RADIAL FORCES ACTING ON SAID JOURNAL FOR THE FULL RANGE, (E) A SUPPLY OF OIL HAVING FLOW THROUGH SAID GROOVES FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER IN EXCESS OF THAT NEEDED FOR LUBRICATION, A MINOR PART OF WHICH PASSES BETWEEN EACH OF SAID PADS AND SAID JOURNAL AND FORMS SAID OIL FILM IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID JOURNAL, (F) THE VOLUME OF SAID OIL FILM BETWEEN EACH BEARING PAD AND SAID JOURNAL BEING LIMITED DUE TO THE FIT BETWEEN SAID PADS AND SAID JOURNAL AND, THEREFORE, SUBJECT TO RAPID INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE. (G) MEANS TO CONTROL THE TEMPERATURE RISE IN SAID OIL FILM REGARDLESS OF THE THINNESS OF SAID OIL FILM, (H) WHICH CONSISTS IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIMENSION OF EACH PAID BEING LIMITED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITED OIL FILM THICKNESS, TO A LENGTH WHEREIN EACH OIL FILM IS DISCHARGED TO ONE OF SAID GROOVES WHILE ITS TEMPERATURE IS WELL BELOW THE VAPOR POINT OF THE OIL IN THE OIL FILM, (I) THE VOLUME OF THE OIL FLOWING THROUGH EACH GROOVE BEING SUFFICIENT TO QUENCH THE RESPECTIVE HEATED OIL FILM AS IT IS DISCHARGED FROM THE ADJACENT PAD, WHEREBY THE DISCHARGING OF THE HEATED OIL FILM INTO THE GROOVES PRODUCES SUBSTANTIALLY NO TEMPERATURE RISE IN THE OIL SUPPLIED TO THE NEXT ADJACENT PAD FROM THE SAME GROOVE.