Appeal No. 1998-0331
Application No. 08/297,257
APPENDIX
1. A multiple spindle bar machine comprising:
a) a generally cylindrical spindle carrier that
supports multiple spindles at angularly separated locations
about a circumference of the spindle carrier for rotating
multiple elongated workpieces which extend from the spindle
carrier to angularly separated workstations at one end of the
spindle carrier;
b) first and second spaced apart uprights each having
an inner surface defining a throughbore dimensioned to receive
the generally cylindrical spindle carrier wherein each upright
has a stepped portion that extends circumferentially around
each of the inner surfaces adjacent an outside face of each
upright;
c) first and second sets of tapered roller bearings
disposed in the stepped portions of the first and second
uprights respectively wherein each set of tapered roller
bearings circumferentially extends around an outer surface of
the spindle carrier to rotatably support the spindle carrier
within the spaced apart uprights, each of the first and second
sets of roller bearings including tapered rollers that rotate
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