Bearing for follower or cam
View Patent ↗A bearing includes an inner race member having an end surface. An outer race member is disposed about the inner race member. The outer race member has an internal shoulder for engaging the end surface of the inner race member. The inner and outer race members are configured to define a raceway between them and to define a snap ring seat between them. There are cylindrical rollers in the raceway and a snap ring in the snap ring seat. The bearing may be provided as a follower head on a cam follower or may be eccentrically mounted on a drive shaft to serve as a cam. A cargo dolly may include such a cam near a wheel, to help the wheel overcome an obstacle. A bearing can be assembled by inserting the inner race member into the outer race member, disposing cylindrical rollers in the raceway and disposing a snap ring in the snap ring seat.
1. A cargo dolly comprising a chassis, a wheel on the chassis, a drive shaft on the chassis near the wheel and a circular cam mounted eccentrically on the drive shaft, wherein the cam comprises:
a inner race member having an end surface; and
an outer race member disposed about the inner race member, the outer race member having an internal shoulder for engaging the end surface of the inner race member;
the inner race member and the outer race member being configured to define a raceway between them and to define a snap ring seat between them;
a plurality of cylindrical rollers disposed in the raceway between the inner race member and the outer race member; and
a snap ring in the snap ring seat.
2. A method of assembling a cam of a cargo dolly comprising a chassis, a wheel on the chassis, a drive shaft on the chassis near the wheel and a circular cam mounted eccentrically on the drive shaft, wherein the method of assembling the cam comprises:
providing a inner race member having an outside diameter and an end surface and a first snap ring groove;
providing an outer race member having a first shoulder having an internal diameter that is larger than the outside diameter of the inner race member and having a second snap ring groove, the outer race member further having a second shoulder having an internal diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the inner race member, the second shoulder further having a stop surface, the outer race member having an interior surface between the first shoulder and the second shoulder for receiving cylindrical rollers therein,
disposing a plurality of cylindrical rollers in the interior surface;
inserting the inner race member into the outer race member so that the stop surface engages the end surface and so that the first snap ring groove and the second snap ring groove are aligned to define a seat for a snap ring;
disposing a snap ring in the seat.