Bearings

Claim 1

IN A BEARING ELEMENT OF PREDETERMINED THICKNESS, A BEARING LINING PRESENTING A LOW FRICTION SIDE CHARACTERIZED BY A SINGLE LAYER OF FILLER YARNS VIRTUALLY ALL POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE, AND A REVERSE BONDABLE SIDE PREVENTING A SINGLE LAYER OF FILLED YARNS VIRTUALLY ALL OF A MATERIAL BONDABLE BY A THERMOSETTING RESIN, THE YARNS ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE BEARING LINING BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID YARNS ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE BEARING LINING BEING JOINED BY A SINGLE LAYER OF WARP YARNS OF ANOTHER MATERIAL EXTENDING TRANSVERSE THERETO AND WHICH IMPART SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL STRENGTH TO THE LINING IN THE WARP AND FILL DIRECTIONS, AND A FABRIC BACKING OF SEPARATE MULTIPLE LAYERS SUPPORTING THE LINING, EACH BACKING LAYER COMPRISING INTERWOVEN COTTON YARNS OF A TIGHT, PLAIN WEAVE TREATED WITH A THERMOSETTING RESIN THAT BONDS THE BACKING TO THE REVERSE BONDABLE SIDE OF THE LINING, WHEREBY THE TIGHT PLAIN WEAVE FOR THE BACKING LAYERS ENABLES MORE ACCURATE THICKNESS CONTROL TO BE REALIZED IN COMPARISON TO A BEARING ELEMENT OF THE SAME THICKNESS WOVEN IN A SINGLE THICKNESS FROM SAID BONDABLE YARNS, SAID WARP YARNS AND SAID POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE YARNS.