US 11,867,234 B1
Food hygienic bearing assembly
Marco Fenu, Hawley, MN (US); and Lucas Hoffman, Detroit Lakes, MN (US)
Filed by Marco Fenu, Hawley, MN (US); and Lucas Hoffman, Detroit Lakes, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,222.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,163, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Int. Cl. F16C 35/04 (2006.01); F16C 33/72 (2006.01); F16C 35/00 (2006.01); F16C 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 35/00 (2013.01) [F16C 23/084 (2013.01); F16C 33/723 (2013.01); F16C 35/045 (2013.01); F16C 2326/58 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food hygienic bearing assembly, comprising:
a housing,
said housing comprising a bore spanning between a first surface and a second surface, said first surface being opposite said second surface,
a plurality of spacers integrally disposed on and extending from said second surface of said housing, wherein each of said plurality of spacers comprises a blind tapped hole disposed therein, wherein each of said blind tapped holes is disposed through a corresponding one of said plurality of spacers and partially into a main body portion of said housing, and
an end cap disposed in a removably covering relation to said bore, wherein said end cap comprises an at least partially open configuration defining a plurality of holes thereon.
 
8. A bearing assembly, comprising:
a housing defining a first surface and a second surface, said first surface being opposite from said second surface,
said housing comprising a bore adapted to receive a bearing insert disposed therein,
at least two attachment holes comprising a first attachment hole and a second attachment hole disposed on said first surface of said housing proximate said bore,
wherein at least one of said first attachment hole and said second attachment hole is a lubrication fitting hole, wherein said lubrication fitting hole comprises a proximal end disposed on said first surface of said housing and a distal end communicative with an interior of said bore, said proximal end being fluidically connected to said distal end,
an end cap removably mounted to said first surface of said housing via a first fastener removably attached within said first attachment hole and a second fastener removably attached within said second attachment hole, wherein at least one of said first fastener and said second fastener is a lubrication fitting disposed within said lubrication fitting hole.