Earth working apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN EARTH COMPACTING MACHINE OF THE CLASS WHEREIN AN ECCENTRIC MASS IN ROTATABLY JOURNALED ON A SHAFT WITHIN AN EARTH CONTACTING ROLLER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING; A FLUID CONFINING HOUSING MOUNTED WITHIN AND ROTATABLE WITH A ROLLER AND SURROUNDING A ROATABLE ECCENTRIC MASS; A PAIR OF BEARING MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID BEARING MEMBERS INCLUDING ANNULAR FLUID RECEIVING AND FLUID DEFLECTING PORTIONS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID PORTIONS BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A PLURLITY OF PASSAGES, SAID BEARINGS ALSO INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PASSAGE INTERCONNECTING THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PORTIONS THEROF; AN ECCENTRIC SHAFT ROATABLY JOURNALED IN SAID BEARINGS; A PAIR OF FLUID CONVEYING MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT IN PROXIMITY TO THE INSIDE PORTIONS OF SAID BEARING MEANS; AND A CORRESPONDING PAIR OF ANNULAR FLUID DEFLECTING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE INSIDE OF SAID FLUID CONVEYING MEMBERS WHEREBY FLUID OUTWARDLY OF SAID FLUID CONVEYING MEMBERS WHEREBY FLUID WITHIN SAID HOUSING IS DIRECTED TOWARD SAID DEFLECTING MEANS, TO THE FLUID RECEIVING PORTION ON SAID BEARING MEANS, TO SAID SHAFT AND IS FURTHER DIRECTION FROM SAID SHAFT TO THE DEFLECTING PORTION ON SAID BEARING MEANS THROUGH SAID BEARING MEANS AND BACK TO THE INSIDE OF SAID FLUID CONFINING HOUSING.