Controllable motion and force converter
Abstract
Abstract A DEVICE FOR COVERTING A TORQUE FORCE INTO A LINEAR FORCE DIRECTED PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE TORQUE FORCE COMPRISING A ROTATABLE SHAFT ONTO WHICH A TORQUE FORCE IS APPLIED, A HOUSING SURROUNDING THE SHAFT, THE HOUSING INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BEARINGS EACH HAVING ITS OUTER RACE PERIPHERALLY ENGAGING THE PERIPHERY OF THE SHAFT, TO BE ROTATABLY DRIVEN BY SAID SHAFT ABOUT THEIR OWN AXES BUT BEING MOVABLE AXIALLY OF THE SHAFT, BEARING PIVOT MEANS FOR PIVOTING EACH BEARING ABOUT AN AXIS THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO BOTH THE AXIS OF THE BEARING AND THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT,SO THAT A FORCE COMPONENT IS TRANSMITTED FROM THE SHAFT TO THE BEARING WHICH IS MANIFESTED BY DEVELOPMENT OF A FORCE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT WHICH TENDS TO EFFECT RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND FRAME IN DIRECTIONS AXIALLY OF THE SHAFT, AND A CONTROLLER MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY EFFECTING SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL PIVOTING OF ALL BEARING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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