FRAME, CRANKSHAFT AND CROSSHEAD ASSEMBLY, AND A CRANKSHAFT AND CROSSHEAD FRAME, FOR A RECIPROCATING-PISTON MACHINE

摘要

Docket No. 1014-EPCD A housing, feet therefor, and casings, formed of common, readily available tubular stock, of uniform thickness, are assembled and welded together to define a frame for a crankshaft and crosshead assemblies. The tubular housing has openings in the sides thereof in which to receive the casings, and has apertures, also in sides thereof, in which to journal a crankshaft. The casings include transverse webs with arcuate ways formed therein for slidably supporting crosshead shoes thereon.