Roller element bearing-lubricant composite separator

Claim 1

A BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR SERVICE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY EVACUATED ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARINGS THAT ARE EACH FREELY ROTATABLE, AN INNER BEARING RACE WITH A CYLINDRICAL OUTER SURFACE CONTACTED BY THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACES OF THE ROLLER SURFACE CONPAIR OF INNER RACE FLANGES PROJECTING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE INNER RACE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE TO PROVIDE OPPOSITE END MOTION RESTRICTIONS ARRESTING THE AXIAL MOVEMENT OF THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ROLLER BEARINGS, A ROLLER BEARING LUBRICATING SEPARATOR BETWEEN AND LUBRICATING BOTH ROLLER BEARINGS ADJACENT TO THE BEARING LUBRICATING SEPARATOR IN THE ASSEMBLY AND WITH A RADIALLY INNER SURFACE THAT SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORMS IN CURVATURE WITH THE CURVATURE OF THE INNER RACE SURFACE THAT IS CONTACTED BY THE ROLLER BEARINGS AND WITH A RADIALLY OUTER SURFACE AND THE SEPARATOR BEING APERTURED AXIALLY BETWEEN ITS AXIAL ENDS, A PAIR OF CAGE RINGS DIMENSIONED TO ACCEPT THE INNER ENDS, A PAIR OF AXIAL REGISTRATION THEREWITH AND TO CONTINUE RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF PINS CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF SEPARATORS AND EACH PIN BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE SEPARATOR APERTURE AND THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE PINS BEING SECURED IN THE CAGE RINGS, AND AN OUTER RACE WITH AN INNER SURFACE CONTACTED BY THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SEPARATORS AND BY THE CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARINGS AND WITHIN WHICH OUTER RACE ARE POSITIONED THE CAGE RINGS AND THE ASSEMBLY THEREARE POSITIONED THE CAGE RINGS AND THE ASSEMBLY THEREBETWEEN AND A FRICTIONAL DEBRIS COLLECTING GROOVE PROVIDED IN THE INNER SURFACE OF THE OUTER RACE AND NOT ENTERED BY THE ROLLER BEARINGS.