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OT-2026-000003332

Load bearing ball

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Industrial Motion & Power Transmission › Rotary Motion
Inventors
CODATTO ANTONIO
Assignee
SAPIM AMADA SPA
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US-5358337-A, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 25 October 1994
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The load bearing ball of the type which has a main ball (1) of substantially high diameter on which the loads rest, in turn rests on a plurality of balls (2) of diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of ball (1), which are placed on the bottom (3) of a suitable container (4), the latter having a substantially hemispheric shape. A main feature of the invention consists of the particular structure capable of closing the container and capable of holding the several balls in the interior of the container. This structure serves also for the purpose of fastening the main large ball to the border of the opening (6) formed on the supporting plane (7) of the same load bearing ball.

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Abstract

The load bearing ball of the type which has a main ball (1) of substantially high diameter on which the loads rest, in turn rests on a plurality of balls (2) of diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of ball (1), which are placed on the bottom (3) of a suitable container (4), the latter having a substantially hemispheric shape. A main feature of the invention consists of the particular structure capable of closing the container and capable of holding the several balls in the interior of the container. This structure serves also for the purpose of fastening the main large ball to the border of the opening (6) formed on the supporting plane (7) of the same load bearing ball.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000003332, “Load bearing ball,” published September 15, 2026 at 20:11:11 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003332.

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