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SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

GENERAL STATEMENT OF CLASS SUBJECT MATTER

This class is the generic class for devices, known as bearings, designed for general use, where one element continuously bears the weight of another, either suspended therefrom, or imposed thereon, and wherein there is either linear motion (e.g., a cross head) rotary motion (e.g., of a shaft or axle), or oscillating movement, (e.g., a lever) between the two elements. The bearings may have either sliding, or rolling contact with the supported member.

The class includes (a) supports for bearings where such supports are specially formed to receive, and are placed in combination with, bearings, and when not limited to any classified art; (b) antifriction means, as balls, or rollers, designed to receive a rotating shaft, or to be used in connection with a pivoted, sliding, or rotary element; and (c) lubricating devices wherein any of the above bearings are modified for receiving and supplying lubricant.

This class including methods pertaining to bearings, when not otherwise provided for.

(1) Note. Patents issued prior to 1950 have not in all instances been classified by their claimed disclosure so that placement of these older patents does not necessarily indicate lines of classification.
(2) Note. Necessary but not particularly sufficient criteria for inclusion in this class are that the "bearing" (1) have at least two moving parts that slide or roll against one another and (2) should be intended to reduce friction between significantly more massive elements than the bearing itself.

SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS

Where the bearing forms but an element of a structure, and the claims are not limited to the bearing, or bearing support structure, see the appropriate art class.

Claimed compositions of matter even though particularly adapted for use as bearings, or composition, per se, claimed either alone, or with other claims to a bearing element, are classified in the appropriate composition class and cross-referenced here. Also where a product is claimed as a stock material, that is, without sufficient structure in the claims to limit the product to bearing use, it is classified elsewhere.

Many objects, such as, auto wheels, conveyor rollers or etc., theoretically meet the criteria in set forth in the Class Definition, General Statement of the Class Subject Matter, in the (2) Note, under (1), but are nonetheless not bearings as commonly understood and as such are not classified in this class, see search class for placement.

SECTION III - REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES

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16, Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, etc.),   subclasses 18+ for casters, 45+ for wheels and wheel attaching devices, 86.1+ for door, or gate hangers and 128+ for hinges.
29, Metal Working,   subclasses 898+ for processes of making bearings.
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures,   subclasses 122+ for alloys.
82, Turning,   subclass 30 for bearing used in connection with lathe head stocks.
84, Music,   subclass 228 for pedal bearings.
104, Railways,   subclass 46 for turntable bearings.
105, Railway Rolling Stock,   subclass 79 for inside drive boses for locomotives.
114, Ships,   subclass 169 for post bearings.
152, Resilient Tires and Wheels,   appropriate subclasses for wheels and bearings.
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth,   appropriate subclasses for apparatus which includes bearings, or guides.
184, Lubrication,   for lubrication devices separable from, or not a part of, the bearing, or not including any modified structure of the bearing.
267, Spring Devices,   subclasses 260+ for an end connection for a vehicle leaf spring in the form of a rotary bearing.
295, Railway Wheels and Axle,   appropriate subclasses for wheels and bearings.
301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles,   appropriate subclasses for wheels and bearings.
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing,   subclass 155 and electric meter bearings.
368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems, or Devices,   subclass 324 for bearings for clocks and watches.
400, Typewriting Machines,   subclasses 354+ for guideway, or bearings for carriage and subclasses 441+ for bearings for type bar pivot support.
403, Joints and Connections,   subclasses 52+ for articulated joints.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,   for a product claimed as a stock material, that is, without sufficient structure in the claims to limit the product to bearing use.
464, Rotary Shaft, Gudgeons, Housing, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts,   appropriate subclasses for shafting, or shaft casings.
508, Solid Antifriction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant and Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions,   for subject matter as explained in the class title.

SUBCLASSES

[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 1]    1VIBRATORY, (E.G., PIEZOELECTRIC, OR KINETIC BEARING):
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter wherein vibration e.g., brought about by a piezoelectric effect, results in reduced friction, either through creation of a fluid film or otherwise; or where motion in one direction is used to reduce the friction coefficient in another direction.

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12,for fluid linear bearings.
100+,for fluid rotary bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 2]    2NONJOINT, NONROTATING FULCRUM BEARING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter wherein there is angular movement of the axis of a supported element with respect to a supporting element about a pivot point and where a ball or roller at the pivot point, if present, does not move.
(1) Note. "Flexural pivots" (flexible joints) is specifically excluded both from Class 384, since they are actually a form of flexible joint. Where there is any indication that a device function as a flexible joint, it is classified in Class 403 subclass 291.
(2) Note. This subclass does not include "pivot pin" type bearings, where there is rotation about the axis of a shaft. Such a bearing is considered a rotary bearing, even if it rotates through only a small fraction of a circle.

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154+,for shaft-type pivots for limited rotary movement.
203+,and 206+, for self-aligning ball and socket.

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177, Weighing Scales,   subclasses 246+ , 253+ and 264 for a similar bearing in combination with a weigher.
403, Joints and Connections,   subclasses 119+ for two members connected together by a joint which includes a pivot.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 3]    3Knife-edge fulcrum:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 2.  Subject matter wherein the fulcrum is the edge of a wedge-shaped element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 4]    4Edges up and down:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 3.  Subject matter wherein there are plural edges, one of which points toward, and another of which points away, from the center of the earth.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 5]    5Edge up:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 3.  Subject matter wherein an edge points away from the center of the earth.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 6]    6Edge down:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 3.  Subject matter wherein an edge points toward the center of the earth.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 7]    7LINEAR BEARING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter in which a supported element has sliding or line movement in a straight direction, on a supporting element.
(1) Note. A race is the object upon which the raceway is formed. A raceway is a bearing contact surface, that is, the surface upon which another raceway slides or upon which a rolling element, such as a ball or roller, rolls.

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403, Joints and Connections,   subclasses 52+ for two or more members connected together by a joint which includes a guide or slide.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 8]    8With detection, nonbearing magnetic or hydraulic feature:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter including means for inspection or detection of bearing element conditions, or magnetic features not functioning as a magnetic bearing, or means for hydraulic support or damping of a bearing element.

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9,for temperature, electrical or orthogonal feature.
12,for fluid linear bearings.
13+,for lubricating linear bearings.

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310, Electrical Generator or Motor Structure,   subclass 90.5 for a magnetic bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 9]    9With temperature, electrical or orthogonal feature:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter including means for temperature control, compensation, or insulation, or means for electrical functions, or means providing for linear movement in at least two directions at right angles to each other.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 10]    10Tensioned or resilient race or roller member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein means are provided to tension a bearing contact surface element, or wherein a race or rolling element is of a material that bounces or springs back to shape.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 11]    11For crosshead:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for joining a piston rod to a connecting rod.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 12]    12Fluid bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein fluid under pressure is used to support an element in whole or in part during relative rectilinear movement.

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13,for linear bearing lubrication.
100+,for rotary fluid bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 13]    13Lubricating:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter having means in the bearing for allowing lubricant to reach a bearing surface and means for lubricating the bearing.

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184, Lubrication,   subclass 5 and 100, for slide bearing lubricators and subclasses 24+ for piston rod lubricators.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 14]    14Bearing for valve stem:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 13.  Subject matter wherein the bearing supports a valve stem.

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28,for a valve stem bearing.
29,for a cylindrical outer race.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 15]    15Combined with seal or guard:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter including means for shielding the exposed parts of the bearing or for preventing matter form entering into, passing through, or escaping therefrom.

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130+,for seals for plain rotary bearings and especially subclass 137 for scrapers.
477+,for seals for radial antifriction bearings.
607+,for seals for thrust antifriction bearing.

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160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel,   appropriate subclasses for guides or seals, per se, of the flexible partition type.
277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture,   for a generic sealing means or process, subclasses 345+ for a seal between relatively movable parts (i.e., a dynamic seal).
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 16]    16Annular:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 15.  Subject matter wherein the seal is ring shaped.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 17]    17For extension table:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein a bearing is part of means to allow the area of a table surface to be increased.

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108, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces,   subclasses 65+ for guides in a coplanar extension surface extension table.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 18]    18Ball bearing for drawer:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein a ball bearing is designed to support a drawer.

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312, Supports: Cabinet Structure,   subclasses 334.1+ for similar antifriction guides in combination with or involving particulars of relation with a cabinet and a horizontally slidable component.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 19]    19Roller bearing for drawer:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein a roller bearing is designed to support a drawer.

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312, Supports: Cabinet Structure,   subclasses 334.1+ , 349 and 350 for guides with antifriction bearings in combination with or involving particulars or relation with a cabinet and a horizontally slidable component.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 20]    20Plain bearing for drawer:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein a bearing having sliding friction contact is designed to support drawers for sliding movement.

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312, Supports: Cabinet Structure,   subclass 312 , 330.1+, 349, and 350 for guides or slides combined with structure of a cabinet and a rectilinearly movable component thereof, or involving particulars of relationship with a cabinet or its movable components.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 21]    21Stop, detent, or lock:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 20.  Subject matter wherein means are specified to limit relative movement of bearing races.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 22]    22Anchoring or aligning means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 20.  Subject matter wherein means are specified to attach the bearing to a drawer or cabinet structure, or to correctly position the bearing, drawer and cabinet with respect to one another.
(1) Note. The positioning may be done automatically, as for example, by a resilient element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 23]    23Specified race structure or material:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 20.  Subject matter having particularly described race shape or material of a race.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 24]    24Having relatively movable parts for lateral insertion and retention of shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter in which the supporting element comprises relatively movable parts, said parts in one relative position permitting the supported element to be moved into supported position in a direction transverse to the direction sliding or line movement, and relatively movable parts movable, to a second relative position to prevent movement of the supported element in a direction transverse to the direction of sliding or line movement, without interfering with said sliding or line movement.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 25]    25Combined plain and antifriction:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter where bearing support is provided partly by a sliding friction bearing and partly by a separate rolling friction bearing.

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49,for combined linear ball and roller antifriction bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 26]    26Plain bearings:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein the sliding or line movement is of friction type.

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187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle,   subclasses 406+ and 409+ for a guiding device for an elevator car.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 27]    27For flush tank:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for a toilet flush tank valve.

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4, Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons,   subclasses 397+ for a float type flush tank discharge valve having a seating guide.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 28]    28For valve stem:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for a valve stem shaft.

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14,for a valve stem bearing with lubricating means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 29]    29Cylindrical outer race:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter in which the supported element is guided in its sliding or line movement in a cylindrical bore means which constitutes the outer member.
(1) Note. Where the guiding action is secondary, as in a piston, see the appropriate art class.
(2) Note. Borehole or well casing contacting structure is classified in Class 175 subclass 325 even though specific wear surface structure is claimed.

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14,and 28, for bearings used with valve stems.

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166, Wells,   subclasses 241.1+ for centering or friction drag means for well devices, the primary purpose of which is to center the device while stationary or to act as a relatively stationary point of reference to enable manipulation of a well device.
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth,   subclasses 325.1+ for bore wall engaging means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 30]    30For die set or stamping mill shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 29.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for guiding means such as a die set, stamp mill, battery stamp, or vulcanizing press.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 31]    31For hand-held drill shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 29.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is to support the shaft of a hand-held drill.
(1) Note. See subclass 24 for above ground bearings with laterally moving segments which may guide the shaft of a well drill.
(2) Note. See note to subclass 29 for line between this class and Class 175, "Boring or Penetrating the Earth".
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 32]    32For piston rod:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 29.  Subject matter where the bearing is for a piston rod shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 34]    34For seat:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is used for adjusting a seat for linear translation, generally an auto vehicle seat.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 35]    35More than two telescoping members:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter wherein at least a third bearing race moves relative to two other relatively longitudinally translating races.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 36]    36For structural installation:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is used for permitting small relative movement for large structures, such as bridge components.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 37]    37Resilient supporting member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter having a resilient element for supporting the bearing.
(1) Note. The resilient supporting member does not include the bearing contact surface, i.e., the race.

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10,for a linear resilient race.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 38]    38Self-aligning:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter having means for automatically adjusting a bearing surface orientation for optimum efficiency.
(1) Note. Self-aligning linear bearings which empty resilient material for self-alignment feature are found in subclass 37.

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37,for resilient supporting member.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 39]    39Gib:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter comprising an element which is adjustable for keeping a linear bearing race correctly aligned.
(1) Note. The gib may also include adjustment means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 40]    40With adjustment means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter including means to move the bearing or structure supporting the bearing.

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39,for adjustment means and a gib.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 41]    41Assembling means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter wherein a bearing and/or its related support structure comprise structure for allowing assembly.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 42]    42Specified pad, liner, wear plate or race structure; bearing material:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 26.  Subject matter having a particularly recited race or bearing material of a bearing race.
(1) Note. A pad, liner, wear plate are more specific means for objects functioning as races.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 43]    43Recirculating:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein roller or ball antifriction elements circulate within an endless race track, e.g., raceway, part of the time in a loaded, and part of the time in an unloaded state.
(1) Note. The track usually has one loaded straightway, the one unloaded straightway which are parallel, and circular endways connecting the straightaways.
(2) Note. A race is the object upon which the raceway is formed. A raceway is a bearing contact surface, that is, the surface upon which the other raceway slides or on which a rolling element, such as a ball or roller, rolls.

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415,for recirculating antifriction bearing for a rotary shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 44]    44Roller:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 432.  Subject matter wherein the antifriction elements are rollers e.g., cylindrical, tapered, barrel-shaped, needle-shaped, etc.

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565,for roller structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 45]    45No cylindrical race:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 43.  Subject matter wherein no race is cylindrical.
(1) Note. A single longitudinal groove in an otherwise cylindrical race shall not be enough to qualify subject matter for this subclass.
(2) Note. The cylindrical member is usually a shaft, and the groove is generally a form of anti-rotation key.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 46]    46Roller bearing for extension cylinder:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter comprising a pulley-type roller bearing for a relatively long shaft such as that employed in railroad switch pull-shafts, or pull-shafts for oil well stripper pumps.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 47]    47Alternating roller; or antifriction bearing for auto seat:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein the bearing comprises (1) rollers which alternate in the orientation of their axis of rotation; or (2) a ball or roller bearing for linear adjustment of a automobile type seat.

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296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops subclasses 65.01+ auto seat or other vehicle structure and bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 48]    48Combined ball and roller bearings:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein both ball and roller bearings are used separately but in the same bearing assembly.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include bearings where one type of bearing facilitates movement of another type of bearing of which it is a part, as for example, when a roller bearing is journaled on a shaft via ball bearings. Such bearings would classified as roller bearings.

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50,for a roller bearing journaled on a shaft via ball bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 49]    49Ball bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter wherein the linear antifriction element is a ball.
(1) Note. Roller antifriction elements in a linear antifriction bearing often have their own radial bearing systems, which may include ball bearings, but because the linear antifriction element is a roller, these devices are classified in subclass 50 below, and not in this subclass.
(2) Note. Where different embodiments use balls in one embodiment and rollers in another, they are included here.

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48,for linear ball an roller antifriction bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 50]    50Roller bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 7.  Subject matter comprising a roller antifriction element which has a particular shape e.g., cylindrical, tapered, barrel, needle, etc.

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548,for roller bearing for a rotary bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 51]    51Cage configuration:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter comprising specified cage structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 52]    52Cylindrical inner or outer track:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter wherein an inner race is a shaft or an outer race is a cylindrical bore, or both.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 53]    53Location or plural roller sets; more than two telescoping members:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter wherein: (a) spatial relationship of more than two linear sets of rollers in specified; or (b) three or more sets of races are nested now within the other, each movable relative to the other two.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 54]    54Resilient member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter wherein a resilient element is used in a bearing or support.
(1) Note. The resilient element need not be a support element it may also be a race, cage, or rolling element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 55]    55Raceway configuration:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter wherein the shape of the raceway surface is specified and is not a flat surface, unless the precise degree of flatness is indicated.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 56]    56Nonaxle-supported roller structure:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter wherein roller structure is specified, other than cases wherein a roller is journaled on a shaft.

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58,for roller-on-shaft structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 57]    57Adjustment or self-alignment means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter having means to change the position of the bearing.
(1) Note. The change of position may be automatic, e.g., self-aligning.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 58]    58Roller-on-axle bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter wherein structure is specified of a roller that rotates about a shaft.

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56,for freely-rotating roller structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 59]    59Assembling means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 50.  Subject matter wherein a bearing is designed to facilitate assembly either of the bearing itself or of the bearing on its support.

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191.3,for assembling railway car journals.
244,for means to assemble or disassemble a bearing and its support.
724+,for means to assemble or disassemble a bearing.

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29, Metal Working,   subclasses 898+ and particularly subclasses 898.06+, 898.07 and 898.08 for process of manufacturing bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 91]    91ROTARY BEARING:
 This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter wherein the relative motion between the two elements includes a rotary component.
(1) Note. This and indented subclasses include subcombination of bearings not otherwise classified.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 92]    92Roller drill bit type:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 91.  Subject matter for specified bearing structure for a rotary bit in which a cutter element, or carrier for a fixed cutter is rotatably mounted thereon so that the cutter element, or carrier may roll, or tend to roll on a surface of a borehole as the bit is rotated.
(1) Note. Patents have been classified in this and indented subclasses which claim a portion of a bit which supports the specified bearing, or a specified bearing disclosed for a roller drill bit.
(2) Note. A drill bit with details of the bit is in Class 175.

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175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth,   subclasses 227+ for storage means for bit lubricant carried by bit, or shaft and subclasses 371+ for a bit earth cutter having details of the bit and see search note for Class line.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 93]    93Lubricating detail:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 92.  Subject matter having specified structure, or details of a bearing lubrication system.
(1) Note. This subclass is limited to liquid, or grease type lubrication systems.

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95,for a solid lubricant in, or on a bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 94]    94Seal detail:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 92.  Subject matter wherein a bearing seal has specified details such as shape, or material.

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130,for a plain bearing with a specified seal.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 95]    95Inserts or bearing surface detail:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 92.  Subject matter in which a bearing surface is modified (a) to receive a different material in a portion of the surface, (b) to receive thin strips (c) by special treatment to improve its antifriction, or wear resisting properties, or (d) by specified material therefor.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 96]    96Roller cone retaining means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 92.  Subject matter including means to hold a roller cone on its supporting shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 97]    97Water lubricated propeller shaft or well shaft type:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 91.  Subject matter for supporting either a propellor shaft, or a well pump shaft and is lubricated by water.
(1) Note. Patents have been classified in this and indented subclasses which claim a shaft and specified bearing, or a specified bearing disclosed for shaft lubricated by water.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 98]    98With elongated strips or staves:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 97.  Subject matter including discreet axially, narrow and long elements placed next to each other to form the bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 99]    99Hydraulic or pneumatic bearing support:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 91.  Subject matter wherein the bearing contact surface, or a portion thereof is movable mounted and is acted upon and supported by a hydraulic, or pneumatic system.

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100+,for a fluid bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 100]    100Fluid bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 91.  Subject matter wherein fluid pressure is used to support an element wholly, or partially, balance the bearing, or resist the vertical, or horizontal thrust of a rotary element by interposing a layer that in operation eliminates contact between relatively rotating elements.
(1) Note. Fluid (i.e., liquid, or gas) support and lubrication both involve interposing a fluid between relatively moving members. In general, the difference between them is that lubrication merely minimizes contact between the members, whereas fluid support eliminates it altogether via a thicker layer of fluid. Almost all gas bearings, or hydrodynamic, or hydrostatic bearings, involve fluid support
(2) Note. If relatively moving elements can either rotate, or slide they are in these subclasses.

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322,for lubricating a bearing.

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100, Presses,   subclass 170 for roll type presses having a yieldable mounted roll and in which the yield force is transmitted by fluid pressure.
384, Bearings,   subclass 12 for a linear fluid bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 101]    101With antifriction bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 100.  Subject matter including an antifriction bearing.
(1) Note. The plain and the antifriction bearings are used either simultaneously. or alternatively.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 102]    102Backup:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 101.  Subject matter wherein the antifriction bearing functions as a backup bearing during fluid bearing breakdown, during start-up, or low, or reversed speeds.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 103]    103Flexible member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 100.  Subject matter having a pliant element which is between relatively moveable bearing parts to form areas for the fluid.
(1) Note. There are usually plural flexible members to form pad like areas.

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180, Motor Vehicles,   subclass 124 and 125, for ground effect vehicle support platforms.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 104]    104Plural ends fixed:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 103.  Subject matter wherein the flexible element is connected to a relatively rotating bearing part at more than one end of the flexible element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 105]    105Thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 103.  Subject matter designed for loads imposed in the direction of the axis rotation.

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420,for thrust bearings, and see search note.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 106]    106Auxiliary resilient support:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 103.  Subject matter wherein the flexible element is supported by separate resilient elements.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 107]    107Radial and thrust:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 100.  Subject matter designed for loads imposed both in the direction of the axis of rotation and normal to the axis of rotation.

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101,for a fluid bearing and an antifriction bearing.
228,for plain thrust and radial bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 108]    108Spherical:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 107.  Subject matter wherein a relatively rotating element has at least a portion of the bearing surface concaved, or ball shaped.

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206+,for ball and socket plain bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 109]    109Gas bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 108.  Subject matter wherein the fluid is a gas.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 110]    110Conical:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 107.  Subject matter wherein a relatively rotating element has a cone shaped bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 111]    111Outer recess forming fluid pad:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 107.  Subject matter wherein the outer bearing has a nonannular cavity of significant axial and circumferential extent for receiving fluid.
(1) Note. There can be plural pads in a bearing.

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118,for radial outer recess forming fluid pad.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 112]    112Grooved thrust bearing surface:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 107.  Subject matter wherein the thrust bearing surface has a narrow furrow, or hollow cut for receiving the fluid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 113]    113Central member recess:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 107.  Subject matter wherein an inner relatively rotating element has a groove, or passage for receiving the fluid.
(1) Note. The groove, or passage may be located in the thrust bearing portion, in the radial bearing portion, or in both.
(2) Note. There may be plural grooves, or passages in the bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 114]    114Radial:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 100.  Subject matter designed for loads imposed only normal to the axis of rotation.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 115]    115Shaft recess:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 114.  Subject matter wherein an inner relatively rotating element has a groove, or passage for receiving the fluid.
(1) Note. There may be plural grooves, or passages in the shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 116]    116Half-circular or less outer member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 114.  Subject matter wherein the outer bearing structure is semicircular, or less than 180 in extent.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 117]    117Pivoted fluid pad:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 114.  Subject matter wherein the bearing has a cavity in its surface for receiving the fluid and also has a rocking, or tilting movement.

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122,for a thrust bearing having a pivoted fluid pad.
309,for a load distributing pivoted pad and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 118]    118Outer recess forming fluid pad:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 114.  Subject matter wherein the outer bearing has a nonannular cavity of significant axial and circumferential extent for receiving the fluid.
(1) Note. There can be plural pads in a bearing.

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111,for an outer recess forming fluid pad for a radial and thrust bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 119]    119Resilient mounting member or seal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 114.  Subject matter having a material that bounces, or springs back to shape and takes at least part of the weight of supporting the bearing surface and permits relative movement, or vibration thereof with respect to a support and/or means for preventing matter from entering into, passing through, or escaping from the bearing.

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124,for a thrust fluid bearing resilient mounting member, or seal.
130+,for a bearing with a seal.
215+,for a resilient mounting member for a plain bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 120]    120Circumferentici groove in outer member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 114.  Subject matter wherein the bearing surface of an outer relatively rotating element has a narrow furrow, or hollow cut that is around its periphery for receiving the fluid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 121]    121Thrust:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 100.  Subject matter designed for loads imposed in the direction of the axis of rotation.

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420+,for thrust bearing and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 122]    122Pivoted fluid pad:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 121.  Subject matter wherein the bearing has a cavity in its surface for receiving the fluid and also has a rocking, or tilting movement.

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117,for a radial bearing having a pivoted fluid pad.
309+,for a load distributing pivoted pad and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 123]    123Grooved bearing surface:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 121.  Subject matter wherein the bearing surface has a narrow furrow, or hollow cut for passage of the fluid.

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112,for a fluid radial and thrust bearing wherein the thrust bearing is grooved.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 124]    124Resilient mounting member or seal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 121.  Subject matter having a material that bounces, or springs back into shape and takes at least part of the weight of supporting the bearing surface and permits relative movement, or vibration thereof with respect to a support and/or means for preventing matter from entering into, passing through, or escaping from the bearing.

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119,for a radial fluid bearing resilient mounting member, or seal.
130+,for a bearing with a seal.
215+,for a resilient mounting member for a plain bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 125]    125Resilient bearing surfaces:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 91.  Subject matter wherein the bearing contact surface is a material that bounces, or springs back to shape.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 126]    126Plural bearing, one plain and one antifriction:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 91.  Subject matter including antifriction bearing.

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101+,for a fluid bearing and an antifriction bearing.
194,for a self-adjusting thrust and radial plain bearing.
228,for a thrust and radial plain bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 127]    127Roller:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 126.  Subject matter wherein the antifriction bearing includes an element that rolls during use.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 128]    128Tapered roller:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 127.  Subject matter wherein the element has a gradual decrease in width.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 129]    129Plain bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 91.  Subject matter having sliding, or line contact with the support element, or with the rotary, or oscillating shaft.

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74, Machine Element or Mechanism,   subclasses 111+ for a pivotal, or oscillating movement of a lever.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 130]    130With specified seal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter including means for preventing matter from entering into, passing through, or escaping from the bearing.
(1) Note. The bearing and seal can be integral e.g., bearing constructed to act as a seal or vice versa or the bearing modified to receive, or otherwise cooperate with a seal.
(2) Note. A broadly recited seal, e.g., seal, bearing seal, etc., which recites no structure is placed below in the schedule.

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100+,for a fluid bearing which includes seals.
322+,for lubricating which include a broadly recited seal.

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277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture,   for a generic sealing means or process, subclasses 345+ for a seal between relatively movable parts (i.e., a dynamic seal).
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 131]    131Fluid actuated:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal is moved by a fluid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 132]    132Fluid barrier:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal comprises a sealing barrier of liquid, of gas, or of a mixture of both.
(1) Note. These subclasses includes centrifugal means to pump a sealing fluid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 133]    133Magnetic fluid:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 132.  Subject matter wherein the sealing barrier is a liquid which contains magnetic properties.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 134]    134Gas:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 132.  Subject matter wherein the barrier fluid is a gas.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 135]    135Centrifugal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal is moved, or held in place by centrifugal force.

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132+,for centrifugal means to pump a sealing fluid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 136]    136With wick:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 135.  Subject matter including a fibrous element which acts as a reservoir and/or a distributing means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 137]    137And scraper:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter having means to remove excess lubricant from the shaft and return it to the lubricant reservoir, or for removing material from the shaft about to enter the bearing from its outside.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 138]    138Unitary bearing and seal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the bearing and seal is one element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 139]    139Relatively rotatable radially contacting:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal comprises relatively rotatable elements presenting complementary sealing surfaces normal to, or at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 140]    140Flexible sealing member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 139.  Subject matter where the relatively rotating radially contacting sealing element is made of flexible material.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 141]    141Diaphragm:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 140.  Subject matter wherein the flexible seal is attached to one of the rotatable elements and to a part which is axially movable therewith.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 142]    142Axially translatable member rotatable with shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 139.  Subject matter wherein one of the relatively rotatable elements is axially movable and is mounted on a shaft for rotation therewith.

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149,for a radially contained seal with axially acting follower.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 143]    143Plural seals:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 139.  Subject matter where there is more than one seal.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 144]    144Labyrinth:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal has a succession of baffles which define a slight clearance to create a series of throttling zones to impede the passage of fluid.

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132+,for a fluid barrier seal.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 145]    145Arcuate bearing surface:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal conforms to a bearing surface which has a shape of a sphere to permit angular, or lateral movement.

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206+,for a ball and socket which is self-adjusting.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 146]    146Axially spaced lip:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 145.  Subject matter wherein the seal includes a projecting rim extending axially of the major seat engaging part of the seal.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 147]    147Lip seal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal includes a projecting rim for contacting a relatively moving element to be sealed, the rim extends axially of the center of the seal seat.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 148]    148With radially acting bias means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 147.  Subject matter including means tending to urge the seal in a radial direction.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 149]    149Radially contained seal with axially acting follower:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal is in an assembly comprising a chamber and an element coaxial therewith, wherein the seal is within the chamber and an element exerts an axial thrust on the sealing causing it to be moved radially into a sealing engagement with the chamber and a shaft.

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142,for an axially translatable member rotatable with shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 150]    150Mechanically actuated:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal is moved by mechanical means e.g., a nut, or separate resilient elements etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 151]    151Resilient sealing surface:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 130.  Subject matter wherein the seal is on the outer area of the bearing, or shaft and is made of a resilient material.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 152]    152O-rings:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 151.  Subject matter wherein the seal is in the shape of a round, or oval ring.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 153]    153Elastomeric:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 151.  Subject matter wherein the resilient material is an elastomer.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 154]    154Rocking type bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter wherein the relatively rotating element has a limited and reciprocating rotary motion.

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384, Bearings,   subclass 2 for a bearing of the pivot type.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 155]    155Lubricated:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 154.  Subject matter wherein the bearing includes lubricating material, or means for lubricating the bearing surface.

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322+,for lubricating of bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 156]    156Movable pivot axis:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 154.  Subject matter wherein the axis of the bearing shifts its position in a cyclical manner during the reciprocating rotary motion.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 157]    157For plow or colter disk:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter having means for supporting the bearing which receives a hub, or rotary shaft of a plow, or colter disk.

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172, Earth Working,   subclasses 518+ , for rolling, or rotating earth working tools including bearings for disks, or colters and see search notes.
384, Bearings,   subclass 460 , for an antifriction bearing mounting, for a disk plow.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 158]    158Railway car journal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter wherein a radial bearing and or a housing, e.g., box, is designed specifically for railway car journal.

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459,for railway antifriction bearing.

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295, Railway Wheels and Axles,   appropriate subclasses for car wheel and axle construction and wheel attaching devices.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 158.1]    158.1With resilient mounting member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter having a material that bounces or springs back into shape and takes at least part of the weight of supporting the bearing and permits relative movement or vibration thereof with respect to a support.

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215+,for a resilient mounting member for a plain bearing and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 159]    159With guard or seal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter including means for preventing the escape of lubricant, preventing dust or other matter from entering the bearing or journal box.

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277, Seal for a Joint or Juncture,   for a generic sealing means or process, subclass 356 for a dynamic seal for use in a journal box.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 160]    160Lubricating:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter having means in the bearing for allowing a lubricant to reach a journal bearing surface.

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322,for lubricating of plain bearings an see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 161]    161For thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 160.  Subject matter wherein the lubricating is for a bearing designed for loads imposed in the direction of the axis of rotation.

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368+,for a rotary plain thrust bearing with lubricating means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 162]    162For brass bearings:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 160.  Subject matter wherein the journal bearing is made of brass which is modified by grooves, cresses, apertures or the like for conveying or distributing lubricating to the bearing surface.
(1) Note. See subclass 191 for definition of "brass".

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191+,for brasses bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 163]    163Reservoir fed:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 162.  Subject matter having means to hold the lubricant which is fed to the bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 164]    164Capillary:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 163.  Subject matter wherein a capillary means is used to convey the lubricant to the bearing..

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379,for lubricant fed by capillary means to plain bearings.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 165]    165With lower reservoir:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 160.  Subject matter having means to hold the lubricant wherein the holding means is below a journal axle.

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403,for a plane bearing with a lower reservoir for a horizontal shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 166]    166Journal operated feed:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 165.  Subject matter having means operated by movement of an element of the car journal for feeding lubricant to the journal bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 167]    167Band:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 166.  Subject matter wherein a belt shaped element rotated by a journal axle dips into the lubricant to feed the bearing.

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405+,for rotary shaft moving a band to lubricate a plain bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 168]    168Centrifugal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 166.  Subject matter wherein lubricant is impelled by centrifugal force.

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465,for centrifugal feed of a lubricant to an antifriction bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 169]    169Pump:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 166.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant is fed by a pump.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 170]    170Capillary:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 165.  Subject matter wherein a capillary means is used to convey lubricant to the bearing.

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379,for capillary feed of a lubricant to a plain bearing and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 171]    171With wick biasing means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 170.  Subject matter having mans to urge a capillary material against a journal axle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 172]    172Metal spring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 171.  Subject matter wherein the urging means is made of metal.

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184, Lubrication,   subclass 45 for spring operated followers for force feed of a lubricator.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 173]    173Coil spring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 172.  Subject matter wherein the metal spring is in the form of a coil.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 174]    174Rubber:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 171.  Subject matter wherein the urging means is made of rubber or similar composition.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 175]    175With capillary material retainer:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 170.  Subject matter including means to hold or support capillary material.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 176]    176Integral with box:
 Subject matter under 175 wherein the retainer is integral with a journal box.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 177]    177Including roller applicator:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 165.  Subject matter having means for applying the lubricant which turns about an axis of rotation.

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407+,for roller or ball for applying a lubricant to a shaft and a plain bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 178]    178Yieldably supported:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 177.  Subject matter wherein the roller is yieldably held by means of a spring, weight, fluid pressure, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 179]    179Coil spring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 178.  Subject matter wherein the yieldable means is in the form of a coil spring.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 180]    180Spring under compression:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 179.  Subject matter wherein the coil spring operates under pressure.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 181]    181Wick structure:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 160.  Subject matter wherein the means to feed lubricant is a fibrous element having a specified configuration.

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413,for wick structure to feed lubricant to a rotary shaft.

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502, Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Thereof: Product or Process of Making,   subclass 400 for which composition.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 182]    182Sheet metal journal box:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter wherein the car journal box is formed of sheet metal in a particular configuration.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 183]    183With journal retainer and guide:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter including a retainer or guide element.
(1) Note. The retainer or guide element are normally not in contact with the rotating axle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 184]    184Lateral guide:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 183.  Subject matter wherein the guide element is mounted laterally in a horizontal sense to the side of the rotating journal axle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 185]    185Mounting feature:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 184.  Subject matter wherein there is specified means for supporting the guide element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 186]    186Resilient:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 185.  Subject matter wherein the support means is made of a resilient material.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 187]    187Interior:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter wherein a journal box is located on the inside of the wheel on the journal axle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 188]    188Includes thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter having means to close and opening in a journal box.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 189]    189Lid:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter having means to close and opening in a journal box.

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49, Movable or Removable Closures,   appropriate subclasses, for closures of the type provide for an see the search notes thereto in section IV for the loci of closures in other classes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190]    190Mounted for swinging:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 189.  Subject matter wherein the lid is mounted on the journal box by means of a hinge or other pivotal connection.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190.1]    190.1About pivot at right angle to plane of lid:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 190.  Subject matter wherein the lid swings in a single plane on a pivot which is perpendicular to the place of the lid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190.2]    190.2Spring and cam biased open:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 190.  Subject matter including a cam cooperating with an end of a spring mounted on the lid to hold the lid open.
(1) Note. Frequently, the same mechanism also acts to hold the lid closed.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190.3]    190.3With roller:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 190.2.  Subject matter including a roller cooperating with the cam.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190.4]    190.4Spring biased closed:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 190.  Subject matter including a spring to close the lid.

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190.2+,for spring which can bias a lid open and/or closed.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190.5]    190.5Sliding:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 189.  Subject matter wherein the lid is mounted for rectilinear movement in the plane of the lid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190.6]    190.6Lid structure:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 189.  Subject matter having specified structure or form of the lid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 190.7]    190.7With latch:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 190.6.  Subject matter including means to fasten or latches the lid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 191]    191Brasses:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 158.  Subject matter wherein a journal bearing is located in the top of the journal box and bears against the upper surface of the rotating journal axle.
(1) Note. The brasses is usually a half bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 191.1]    191.1Self aligning:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 191.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is formed with a curved surface which permits self alignment of the bearing
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 191.2]    191.2Bearing surface liner or insert:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 191.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is shaped to receive a surface liner to reduce friction or an insert for strengthening the bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 191.3]    191.3Assembling means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 191.  Subject matter wherein a bearing is designed to facilitate assembly either of the bearing itself or of the bearing on its support.

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59,for assembling a roller bearing and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 191.4]    191.4Mounting structure:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 191.  Subject matter having means to hold the bearing to a journal box.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 192]    192Self-adjusting or self-aligning:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter wherein relatively sliding surface in a bearing support structure permit continuous self movement of the bearing position to compensate for shaft misalignment, or the bearing and shaft have limited motion, allowing for oscillation.

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247,for adjustment means for a bearing.
495+,for self-aligning means for an antifriction bearing.

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210, Liquid Purification or Separation,   subclass 64 , 365+ and 367 for a centrifugal extractor gyratorially mounted on a shaft.
430, Joints and Connections,   subclasses 53+ for plural members interconnected by plural articulation axes.
494, Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators,   subclass 46 for a rotatable bowl having a bearing means adapted to enable the bowl to establish dynamic axis of rotation.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 193]    193For vertical shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 192.  Subject matter where the bearing receives force from a shaft whose axis is perpendicular to a horizontal plane.

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226+,for a bearing and a vertical shaft.
420+,for thrust bearings and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 194]    194With lower thrust and upper radial bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 193.  Subject matter wherein the shaft carrying an element to be rotated is supported at its base by a thrust bearing and near the point of attachment of the element by a radial bearing.

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107+,for a fluid radial and thrust bearing.
126,for a plain bearing and an antifriction bearing.
228,for vertical shaft with a thrust and radial bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 195]    195Oscillatory suspension:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 193.  Subject matter in which the shaft carrying an element to be rotated is pivotally supported above the body.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 196]    196Resiliently centered:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 195.  Subject matter having yielding means to assist in maintaining the shaft vertically centered.

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198,for an oscillating thrust bearing with resilient centering means for a shaft.
200,for a shaft balancing means with resilient centering means for the shaft.
215,for a resilient mounting member.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 197]    197Oscillating thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 193.  Subject matter wherein a thrust bearing is pivoted to permit the shaft to move from the vertical.

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420+,for thrust bearings and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 198]    198Resiliently centered:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 197.  Subject matter having yielding means to assist in maintaining the shaft vertically centered.

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196,for an oscillating suspension means with resilient centering means for a shaft.
200,for a shaft balancing means with resilient centering means for the shaft.
215,for a resilient mounting member.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 199]    199Shaft balancing means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 193.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means is mounted on the shaft for the purpose of maintaining it vertically centered.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 200]    200Resiliency on radial bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 199.  Subject matter wherein yielding means act on a bearing which receive radial force to assist in maintaining the shaft vertically centered.

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196,for an oscillating suspension means with resilient centering means for a shaft.
198,for an oscillating thrust bearing with resilient centering means for a shaft.
215,for a resilient mounting member.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 201]    201Having body and spindle connector:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 193.  Subject matter including a coupling means holding an element, e.g., bowl, to the shaft wherein the element is carried by the shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 202]    202Resilient:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 192.  Subject matter wherein the bearing support includes a material that bounces, or springs back into shape.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 203]    203Ball and socket:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 202.  Subject matter wherein one element has portion in the shape of a sphere which is received in a recess of another element and there is a relatively sliding movement between them.

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206,for a ball and socket not resiliently mounted.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 204]    204For electric motor:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 203.  Subject matter wherein the self adjusting bearing is mounted in an electric motor housing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 205]    205Fixed pivot axis:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 192.  Subject matter wherein the relatively sliding surfaces are part of support means for holding the bearing which turns about an axis that does not move.
(1) Note. Shaft hangers having plain bearings mounted to pivot about a fixed axis are included in this subclass.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 206]    206Ball and socket:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 192.  Subject matter wherein one element has a portion in the shape of a sphere which is received in a recess of another element and there is a relatively sliding movement between them.
(1) Note. The ball element has a bearing surface through its center.

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108,for a spherical fluid bearing.
145,for an arcuate bearing surface.
203,for a ball and socket resiliently supported.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 207]    207Sheet metal socket:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 206.  Subject matter in which at least a portion of the socket is formed from a metal whose thickness is thin.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 208]    208Assembly:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 206.  Subject matter in which the ball and/or socket are shaped so that they can be put together, or taken apart for repair, or use.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 209]    209Separable ball retaining member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 208.  Subject matter wherein the socket includes a detachable element which serves to retain the ball in the socket after the bearing structure has been assembled.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 210]    210Lock ring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 209.  Subject matter wherein the detachable element has a circular band shape for holding the assembly together.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 211]    211Of ball:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 208.  Subject matter wherein the ball is shaped, or designed to enable, or facilitate its assembly within the socket member.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 212]    212Sectional:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 211.  Subject matter in which the ball is assembled from discrete ball elements within the socket.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 213]    213With lubricating means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 206.  Subject matter including means for allowing a lubricant to flow to a bearing surface, or means for applying a lubricant to a bearing surface.
(1) Note. The bearing surface is that of a plain bearing and/or the sliding surface between a ball and a socket.

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322,for lubricating means for a radial bearing and see search notes for other search.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 214]    214Having felt or wick:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 213.  Subject matter including a fibrous element e.g., cord, shet, etc., which acts as a reservoir and/or a distributing means.

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413,for a wick and reservoir.

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252, Composition,   subclass 425.5 , for wick composition.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 215]    215With resilient mounting member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter having a material that bounces, or springs back into shape and takes at least part of the weight of supporting the bearing and permits relative movement, or vibration thereof with respect to a support.

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124,for a resilient mounting member for a fluid thrust bearing.

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248, Supports,   subclasses 560+ for a resilient support for an article of general use.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 216]    216For connecting rod:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 215.  Subject matter designed to be used on a connecting rod.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 217]    217Lock type:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 215.  Subject matter wherein part of the bearing contact surface is resiliently biased for securing a rotating shaft in its operating position.

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219,for a biased bearing surface segment.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 218]    218Coil spring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 215.  Subject matter wherein the resilient element is in the form of a helix.
(1) Note. See subclass 216 for connecting rod bearing assemblies having resilient supporting elements, most of which are coil springs.

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216,for a connecting rod bearing assembly with coil springs.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 219]    219Biased bearing surface segment:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 218.  Subject matter wherein the coil spring acts to move a portion of the bearing contact surface with respect to the remainder of the bearing contact surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 220]    220Nonmetallic:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 215.  Subject matter wherein the resilient element is made of a material that lacks the characteristics of a metal.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 221]    221Laminated:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 220.  Subject matter wherein the resilient nonmetallic member is composed of a series of layers.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 222]    222Cylindrical:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 220.  Subject matter wherein the nonmetallic resilient element is in the shape of a circular body of uniform diameter, the extremities of which are equal parallel circles.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 223]    223For thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 215.  Subject matter wherein the resilient member is for supporting loads imposed in the direction of the axis of rotation.

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420+,for thrust bearings, and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 224]    224Pivoted pad:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 223.  Subject matter wherein the resilient mounting element is for supporting a bearing on an element that turns about an axis.
(1) Note. The supporting, or holding means can be either formed partly, or wholly of resilient material.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 225]    225Helical coil spring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 223.  Subject matter wherein the resilient means is a spring where several convolutions of a coil lie in different planes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 226]    226For vertical shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter wherein the bearing receives force from a shaft whose axis is perpendicular to a horizontal plane.

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193+,for a self-adjusting vertical shaft and a bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 227]    227Spinning spindle:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 226.  Subject matter having means for supporting a spindle e.g., shafts for bobbins in a bolster, cylindrical races, or supports, of a spinning machine.

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57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,   subclasses 129+ for receiving elements.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 228]    228With thrust and radial bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 227.  Subject matter including both a thrust bearing and a radial bearing.

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126+,for plain bearing and an antifriction bearing.
194,for a self-adjusting vertical shaft with a lower thrust and upper radical bearing.
420,for trust bearings and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 229]    229Adjustable spindle:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 228.  Subject matter having means for moving the spindle with respect to the bolster.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 230]    230Laterally resilient:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 228.  Subject matter wherein the spindle is yieldingly maintained in a vertical position by the use of a spring, rubber, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 231]    231Resilient sleeve:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein the means yieldingly maintaining the spindle in a vertical position is an element of cylindrical shape and the inner surface contacts the spindle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 232]    232Volute coil spring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein the means yieldingly maintaining the spindle in a vertical position is a spring where several convolutions of a coil lie in the same plane.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 233]    233Helical coil spring:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein the means yieldingly maintaining the spindle in a vertical position is a spring where several convolutions of a coil lie in different planes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 234]    234Fluid damping:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein a specified fluid means is used for damping the spindle lateral movement.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 235]    235Rubber:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein the means yieldingly maintaining the spindle in a vertical position is an elastomeric element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 236]    236At fixed end:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 235.  Subject matter wherein the elastomeric element is located at a fixed end of the spindle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 237]    237With interior dead shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 228.  Subject matter wherein the spindle is mounted on and centered by a fixed shaft e.g., post, stud shaft, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 238]    238Pivoting spindle:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 228.  Subject matter having means for allowing the spindle to rock about a point.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 239]    239Bolster type bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 227.  Subject matter having means for securing the bearing to a support.
(1) Note. Bolster is the name given to a bearing used in spinning frame and is usually secured to a rail.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 240]    240Lower end thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 227.  Subject matter wherein the thrust bearing supports the spindle shaft at the shaft end, or near the end.
(1) Note. The shaft end can have a smaller diameter than the main part wherein the thrust bearing then supports the shaft at that area.

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243,for a lower end thrust bearing for a spinning spindle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 241]    241With lubricating means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 227.  Subject matter including means for allowing a lubricant to flow to a bearing surface, or means for applying a lubricant to a bearing surface.

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322,for lubricating means for a radial bearing and see search notes.

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57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,   subclasses 133+ for lubricating means for receiving elements.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 242]    242Base supported table or drum:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 226.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for holding a vertically revolving table, drum, etc.

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420+,for thrust bearings and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 243]    243Lower end thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 226.  Subject matter wherein a thrust bearing supports the vertical shaft at the shaft end, or near the end.
(1) Note. The shaft end can have smaller diameter than the main part wherein the thrust bearing then supports the shaft at that area.

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240,for a lower end thrust bearing of general use.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 244]    244For shaped shaft end:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein the lower end of the shaft is shaped to engage the thrust bearing, or to engage an element, e.g., ball, supported by the thrust bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 245]    245Spherical shaft end:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 244.  Subject matter wherein the shaft end is globular shaped so as to form a tangential point.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 246]    246Conical shaft end:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 244.  Subject matter wherein the shaft end is cone shaped.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 247]    247With adjustment means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter including means to move the bearing, or structure supporting the bearing.

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105, Railway Rolling Stock,   subclasses 218+ for axle Box mounting for trucks.
267, Spring Devices,   subclass 265 for an adjustment for moving a pivotal end connection for a vehicle leaf spring.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 248]    248For thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 247.  Subject matter wherein the means for adjusting the bearing is for controlling thrust pressure.

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420+,for thrust bearings and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 249]    249Threaded member moves axially:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 248.  Subject matter wherein a screw element is moved along the axis of a bearing for adjustment.
(1) Note. The threaded member can be integral with the thrust bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 250]    250For crankshaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 248.  Subject matter wherein the bearing either supports, or is carried by a crankshaft.

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294,for a sleeve, or liner for a crankshaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 251]    251For thrust plate:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 248.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means moves a member in the shape of a disk, flat piece of material, etc. which is placed at the end of a shaft for the purpose of taking the thrust.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 252]    252And support:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 247.  Subject matter including bearing holding structure which holds the adjusting means for positioning of the bearing.

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474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components,   subclasses 113+ , for bearings which are moved, with their supported shafts and pulleys, for the purpose of tensioning a belt.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 253]    253Simultaneous adjustment:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter wherein a plurality of bearings are simultaneously adjusted by actuation of the adjusting means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 254]    254For horse power or sand reel:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for use with means that is driven by a horse, or a sand reel mechanism.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 255]    255Eccentric:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is eccentric, or is mounted in an eccentric support and can be adjusted by rotation.

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403, Joints and Connections,   subclasses 145+ for similar structure in an anticulated joint.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 256]    256For roller end support:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for supporting the end of a press, or conveying roller.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 257]    257For suspended shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter wherein the bearing support structure extends from a surface, usually overhead, and is for supporting a shaft.
(1) Note. These assemblies are sometimes referred to as shaft hangers.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 258]    258Screw adjustment:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 257.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means includes a rotatable threaded member.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 259]    259Horizontal and vertical:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 258.  Subject matter which include both horizontally and vertically acting screw adjusting means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 260]    260Rectilinear:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 252.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means act in a linear direction.

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257+,for a suspended shaft rectilinear adjusting means.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 261]    261Bearing surface:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 247.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means acts to adjust one portion of the bearing contact surface with respect to another portion of the bearing contact surface, or to apply pressure to an area of bearing contact surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 262]    262For axle:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 261.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means is for moving a tapered sleeve, or adapted to compensate for wear on a stub axle, or axle rotatably mounting a wheel.

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202+,for bearings having resilient wear compensating adjusting means.

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301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles,   subclass 115 for screw attached wheel attaching devices having an adjustable plural part nut.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 263]    263Adjustable bearing surface segment:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 261.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means acts on a discreet, relatively movable, section of the bearing contact surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 264]    264Axial adjustment:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 263.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means acts to move the adjustable bearing surface segment in an axial direction.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 265]    265Axially spaced annular segments:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 263.  Subject matter wherein the adjustable bearing surface segment comprises a wholly, or partially circumferentially extending annular segment which is relatively radially adjustable and axially spaced with respect to another annular bearing contact surface segment.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 266]    266Two opposed bearing surface segments:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 263.  Subject matter wherein the bearing contact surface consists of two diametrically opposed relatively adjustable bearing surface supports.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 267]    267With wedge adjustment:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 266.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means includes a tapered, or cam element which acts to position the adjustable bearing surface segment.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 268]    268For connecting rod:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 267.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for use with a connecting rod.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 269]    269Transverse screw adjustment:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 268.  Subject matter wherein the wedge element is adjusted by a threaded element extending in directing crosswise to both the connecting rod axis and the bearing axis.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 270]    270For connecting rod:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 266.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is for use with a connecting rod.

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268+,for connecting rod bearing having a wedge adjustment.
430,for a nonadjustable connecting rod bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 271]    271Tapered sleeve:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 261.  Subject matter wherein the bearing contact surface is tapered so that it can be adjusted to take up wear.
(1) Note. Bearing assemblies wherein the bearing contact surface involves more than a single tapered sleeve, or where the tapered sleeve is formed of a plurality of discreet segments are found in subclasses 263+.

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263+,for bearing surface segments.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 272]    272Split:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 271.  Subject matter wherein the tapered sleeve is cut, or open longitudinally of its axis.
(1) Note. Although split, all tapered sleeves in this subclass are single, unitary members.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 273]    273Split sleeve:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 261.  Subject matter wherein the bearing contact surface is cut, or open longitudinally of its axis.

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272,for tapered split sleeve.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 274]    274Pressure applying:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 261.  Subject matter wherein the adjusting means acts to apply force to a portion of a unitary bearing contact surface defining member.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 275]    275Radial collar and sleeve:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter having an element of tube shape and an element that embraces and extends radially beyond the tube element and are mounted on the shaft, which transmits thrust.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 276]    276Specified sleeve or liner:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter wherein one of the bearing contact surfaces is defined by an annular member having substantially cylindrical inner and outer surfaces, the thickness between said inner and outer surfaces being less than the radius of said inner surface.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include patents which claim a bearing element solely by setting forth the material of which it is made, of which see the appropriate composition, or stock material classes. In this connection the following classes should be considered.

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16, Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, etc.),   subclasses 2.1+ , for similar bushings which line openings, or sockets to reinforce the same and/or provide a smooth surface to prevent abrasion of elements passing therethrough or there into, without constituting a bearing.
29, Metal Working,   subclasses 898+ for methods of making bearings.
75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures,   for articles defined solely by their metal, or alloy composition.
138, Pipes and Tubular Conduits,   for hollow, or tubular stock.
148, Metal Treatment,   particularly subclass 400 .
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,   appropriate subclass for methods of making a machine element, or bearing by a laminating operation.
252, Compositions,   subclasses 9+ for lubricating compositions and especially subclasses 12+ for bearings having a lubricating function claimed solely in terms of their compositions.
295, Railway Wheels and Axles,   subclass 35 , for bushings for railway car wheels.
384, Bearings,   subclasses 53+ for journal brasses and subclass 216 for antifriction bearings.
415, Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps,   subclasses 170.1+ and 230+ for a motor, or pump bearing, seal, or liner and including pump, or fluid motor structure of the type there classifiable.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,   appropriate subclasses, for a stock material product in the form of a single, or plural layer web, or sheet not elsewhere classified.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 277]    277Insulating:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein either the sleeve, liner, or supporting structure is made of a material selected for its thermal, or electrical insulating properties.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 278]    278Temperature compensating:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter designed to compensate for changes in temperature, e.g., operate at high temperatures.

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317+,for specified cooling means for a bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 279]    279Porous metal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein either the sleeve, liner, or a support structure has pores through which the lubricant may pass.
(1) Note. The holes are in a patter, or array form.

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293,for an array of holes for lubricant.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 280]    280Liner on shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein the liner, or sleeve is mounted on a shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 281]    281Removably secured:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 280.  Subject matter wherein the liner, or sleeve can be separated for the shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 282]    282Bearing surface insert:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein the bearing surface of the sleeve, or liner is provided with a solid lubricating, or antifriction material set into its surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 283]    283Groove:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 282.  Subject matter wherein the insert is mounted in a narrow furrow, hollow cut, etc., in the bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 284]    284Pocket array:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 282.  Subject matter wherein there is more than one insert which are mounted in a regular pattern of holes formed in the bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 285]    285Circular pocket:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 284.  Subject matter wherein the pockets have circular cross-sections.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 286]    286Lubricant distributing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein the bearing surface of the sleeve, or liner is contoured to facilitate the distribution of lubricant over the bearing surface.
(1) Note. Lubricant bearings for shafts which do not have sleeves on liners are in subclasses 397+.

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322,for lubricating of general use.
397+,for lubricating a shaft.

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267, Spring Devices,   subclass 264 and 268 for lubrication features on a connecting bearing for a vehicle leaf spring.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 287]    287High speed:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 286.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant sleeve is designed to operate at speeds greater than 30,000 r.p.m.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 288]    288For crankshaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 286.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant distributing sleeve is for use on a crankshaft.

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294,for a sleeve for a crankshaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 289]    289For rotary member:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 286.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant distributing sleeve is for a rotary element, e.g., wheel, pulley, etc. which is to be mounted on a fixed support, e.g., shaft.

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416+,for a rotary member and broadly recited plain bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 290]    290Outer sleeve or shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 289.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant distributing sleeve is nonrotatably mounted on an end of a fixed axle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 291]    291Groove:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 286.  Subject matter wherein lubricant is distributed by narrow furrow, hollow cut, etc. in the bearing surface.

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378,for spiral groove in an axle, or hub for lubricant.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 292]    292Helical or herring bone:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 291.  Subject matter wherein the grooves are arranged in either a helical, or a herring bone configuration.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 293]    293Pocket array:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 286.  Subject matter wherein a regular pattern of lubricant distributing holes is formed on the bearing surface of the sleeve, or liner.

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279,for a sleeve, or liner made of porous material.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 294]    294For crankshaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein the sleeve, or liner supports, or is carried by a crankshaft.

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250,for a thrust bearing for a crankshaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 295]    295Mounting feature:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein the sleeve includes structure to facilitate the mounting thereof in the bearing support.

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280+,for a liner mounted on a shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 296]    296Radial protrusion or sleeve end flange:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 295.  Subject matter wherein the sleeve mounting structure includes an outwardly extending radial protrusion, or a pair of outwardly expanding flanges located on opposite ends of the sleeve.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 297]    297Nonmetal:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein the sleeve, or liner, or the bearing contact surface thereof, is formed of a nonmetallic material, e.g., plastic, wood, etc.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 298]    298Fabric layer and capillary passages:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 297.  Subject matter wherein the sleeve either includes a woven fabric layer, or is formed with capillary passages opening to the bearing contact surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 299]    299Nylon:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 297.  Subject matter comprising a layer which contains a polymeric compound is next to a polyester containing layer.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 300]    300Polytetrafluorethylene:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 297.  Subject matter comprising a layer which contains fluorine.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 301]    301Spirally split:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 276.  Subject matter wherein the sleeve, or liner is separated divided, etc. along a spiral, or helical line.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 302]    302Distributed weight:
 Subject matter undersubclass 129 having means for distributing a load over the entire bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 303]    303For thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 302.  Subject matter comprising means for spreading the thrust over various thrust bearing parts.

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420+,for thrust bearings and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 304]    304Tandem thrust:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 303.  Subject matter wherein various thrust bearing parts are axially spaced and means are provided to relate the thrust force on one part to the thrust force on another.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 305]    305Grooved:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 303.  Subject matter wherein the thrust distributing means comprises grooves in a bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 306]    306Pivoted pad:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 303.  Subject matter wherein the load distribution means has a rocking, or tilting movement and forms only a segment of a bearing surface.

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228+,for a load distributing pivoted pad and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 307]    307With lubricating means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 306.  Subject matter including means for allowing a lubricant to flow to a bearing surface.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 308]    308Pad mounting structure:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 306.  Subject matter having specified means for holding or supporting the pad.

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312,for tilting pad mounting structure.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 309]    309Pivoted pad:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 302.  Subject matter wherein the load distribution means has a rocking, or tilting movement and forms only a segment of a bearing surface.

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117,for a radial bearing having a pivoted fluid pad.
122,for a thrust bearing having pivoted fluid pad.
306,for a thrust bearing pivoted pad.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 310]    310Noncircumferential:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 309.  Subject matter wherein a radially outer relatively rotating bearing structure is semicircular, or less in extent.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 311]    311Lubricant supply structure:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 309.  Subject matter including means in the bearing for allowing lubricant to reach a bearing surface.

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322+,for lubricating structure of a bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 312]    312Pad mounting structure:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 309.  Subject matter having specified means for holding, or supporting the pad.

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308,for pad mounting structure for a thrust bearing.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 313]    313Cooling by lubricant:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter wherein a lubricant also lowers the temperature at the bearing to keep the temperature from getting too high.

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317+,for specified cooling means.
322,for lubricating a bearing where the lubricant does not act as a coolant.

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184, Lubrication,   subclass 104 , for heating and cooling devices for lubricators.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 314]    314Emergency lubrication:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 313.  Subject matter having means for supplying lubrication and cooling fluid because of a generally unexpected occurrence.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 315]    315Water lubrication:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 313.  Subject matter wherein a lubricating and cooling medium is water.

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97,for water lubricated propellor shaft and well shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 316]    316Fluid path:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 313.  Subject matter having means defining a flow passage for the lubricating fluid.
(1) Note. The lubricant also acts as the cooling means.

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321,for a coolant path.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 317]    317Specified cooling means:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter wherein the bearing is cooled by a medium other than a lubricant, e.g., radiatory means, by a separate fluid in passage through the bearing, etc.

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278,for temperature compensating sleeve, or liner.
313+,for a cooling lubricant.
900,for cooling or heating not designated in the regular schedule.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 318]    318Mist:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 317.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant is suspended in a gaseous coolant.

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496,for cooling, heating or insulating an antifriction bearing.
900,for cooling or heating not designated in the regular schedule.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 319]    319Frozen lubricant:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 317.  Subject matter wherein the liquid lubricant is congealed by cold.
(1) Note. The frozen lubricant is used at room temperature wherein it is frozen all, or some of the time.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 320]    320Nonliquid cooling:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 317.  Subject matter wherein the cooling means comprises a medium other than a liquid.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 321]    321Coolant path:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 317.  Subject matter wherein the coolant flows through specified passage.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 322]    322Lubricating:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 129.  Subject matter having means in the bearing for allowing a lubricant to reach a bearing surface.

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286,for lubricating means in a bearing sleeve, or liner.
307,for lubricating means for thrust bearings and cooling means.
313,for lubricating and cooling means.
462+,for lubricating an antifriction bearing.

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123, Internal-Combustion Engines,   appropriate subclasses for lubrication of engine bearing elements
184, Lubrication,   for lubricating means not part of bearing.
267, Spring Devices,   subclass 268 for an end connection for a vehicle leaf spring and having a lubrication feature.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 368]    368For thrust bearing:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 322.  Subject matter wherein lubricating is for a bearing designed for loads imposed in the direction of the axis of rotation.

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420,for thrust plain bearing and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 369]    369Forced feed:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 368.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant is supplied to a bearing surface by pressure.
(1) Note. Included are pump systems and bearings grooved, or otherwise altered so that lubricant under pressure can be supplied to the bearing surface, a reservoir, or pressure normally produced by rotation of a shaft is not proper for this subclass.
(2) Note. If the lubricant supports one of two relatively rotating elements to the extent that there is positive clearance between them in operation, the patent is in subclasses 100+.

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100+,for a fluid bearing.
373,for means to force feed a lubricant to a bearing between a fixed axle and an element rotatably supported thereon.
398,for means to force feed a lubricant to a bearing which cooperates with a rotary shaft.
400,401+ and 403+, for a lubricant reservoir.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 370]    370Capillary:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 368.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant is conveyed by capillary means to the bearing.

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379,for capillary means for lubricating a radial bearing and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 371]    371For bearing at end of shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 368.  Subject matter wherein the lubricant is supplied to bearing surface which is located at the end of a shaft.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 372]    372Fixed shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 322.  Subject matter for the lubrication of a bearing surface between a stationary axle and an element rotatably supported thereon.
(1) Note. The device usually involves some modification of the axle itself.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 373]    373Forced feed:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 372.  Subject matter having means to supply the lubricant to the bearing by pressure.
(1) Note. Included are pump systems and bearings grooved, or otherwise alterwise altered so that lubricant under pressure can be supplied to the bearing surface. A reservoir, or pressure normally produced by rotation of a shaft is not proper for this subclass.

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369,for lubricant force feed to a thrust bearing and see search notes.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 374]    374Yoke reservoir:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 372.  Subject matter having means for holding the lubricant which is shaped so that the holding means is on both sides of a rotating element.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 375]    375Shaft-supported reservoir:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 372.  Subject matter having means to hold the lubricant which is held on the axle.
  
[List of Patents for class 384 subclass 376]    376At end of shaft:
 This subclass is indented under subclass 375.  Subject matter wherein the reservoir is held at one of the extremities of the axle.
  
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