Pivoted segmental bearing

Claim 1

A pivoted segmental bearing, having a series of shoes of rigid antifriction material in a chamber wherein the shoes are pivotally mounted angularly equidistant on the inner surface of a shoe support member disposed about the shaft to be supported and contained in an outer support casing, and opposing walls which are provided with seal gaskets for lubricating oil which fills and places the chamber in which said shoes are disposed under pressure, characterised in that between the outer surface of said annular shoe support member and the overlying inner surface of said outer support casing there is disposed a series of leaf springs held angularly equidistant in position by lateral positioning pins supported by said outer support casing, the annular chamber in which said leaf springs are disposed also being filled by the lubricating oil, and means provided for resiliently pressing said annular shoe support member axially against one of said walls of the outer support casing, including a series of helical springs which are inserted into a corresponding series of axial cavities provided angularly equidistant on the circumference of said annular shoe support member, and which cooperate with the other of said walls of the outer support casing.