Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Greaseless swivel and bearing device
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Application No.: US16527901Application Date: 2019-07-31
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Publication No.: US11519540B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Darin Joseph Neff , Bradley George Weatherl , Mark Randall Virus , Russell Scott Reinke , Jon Patrick Henry
- Applicant: REINKE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Applicant Address: US NE Deshler
- Assignee: REINKE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Current Assignee: REINKE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NE Deshler
- Agency: Shook Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F16L27/08
- IPC: F16L27/08 ; A01G25/09 ; F16C33/10 ; F16C33/08

Abstract:
A greaseless pivot center swivel and bearing device includes an outer housing having a sidewall with top and bottom portions, a top plate coupled with the top portion that includes an opening therein, and a bottom plate coupled with the bottom portion that includes an opening therein. The sidewall cooperates with the top and bottom plates to define an interior volume. A single, unitary bushing member formed of a low-friction material is positioned within the interior volume and includes a surface cylindrically curved about an axis extending between the top and bottom plates of the housing. The cylindrically curved surface cooperates with the openings in the top and bottom plates to define a cylindrical passage through the interior volume sized and shaped for receiving a cylindrical tube that rotates therein, e.g., a tube configured to connect with a water supply column of a mechanized irrigation system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200315107A1 GREASELESS SWIVEL AND BEARING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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