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(11) EP 0 138 117 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.12.1985 Bulletin 1985/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.04.1985 Bulletin 1985/17

(21) Application number: 84111545

(22) Date of filing: 27.09.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB IT LI

(30) Priority: 29.09.1983 US 537281

(71) Applicant: Babcock Textilmaschinen GmbH
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(72) Inventors:
  • Braumann, Jan Cramon
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  • Vogeler, Hellmuth
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  • Hoover, Walter McCall, Jr.
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(54) Non-lubricated tenter frame


(57) A tenter frame that is free from lubrication requirements along the tenter frame guide rails is disclosed. The tenter frame includes a pair of parallel, relatively spaced guide rails including one or more bearing surfaces. A chain is operatively associated with the guide rails for movement therealong and includes a plurality of links having one or more bearing surfaces that are generally complementary to the bearing surfaces of the guide rails. A block of low friction polymer material is attached to one or more of the link bearing surfaces and is sandwiched between the bearing surface portions of the guide and the links. The block is comprised of low friction polymer material and is substantially the only contact between the link and the guide, so that the tenter frame is free from lubrication requirements.






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