Abstract: A rotary fluid machine is provided in which a rotating shaft (113) fixed to a rotor (41) is rotatably supported on a fixed shaft (102) fixed to a casing (11), sliding surfaces of the fixed shaft (102) and the rotating shaft (113) are lubricated by a first pressurized liquid-phase working medium, and sliding surfaces of the rotor (41) and a vane (48) are lubricated by a second pressurized liquid-phase working medium.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement is provided with an area to be supplied with lubricant from a lubricant reservoir via a lubricant line. The lubricant reservoir has a number of individual reservoirs in which a portioned amount of lubricant is contained with closure to the lubricant line. A mechanism is provided for allowing the closure to the lubricant line to be optionally cleared.

Abstract: A low-friction sliding mechanism includes first and second sliding members having respective sliding surfaces slidable relative to each other and a lubricant applied to the sliding surfaces of the first and second sliding members. At least the sliding surface of the first sliding member is made of a diamond-like carbon material, and at least the sliding surface of the second sliding member is made of either an aluminum-based alloy material, a magnesium-based alloy material or a diamond-like carbon material. The lubricant contains a base oil and at least one of an ashless fatty-ester friction modifier and an ashless aliphatic-amine friction modifier.

Abstract: A method of lubricating and cooling a hydrodynamic plain bearing for a rotating element comprises the steps of supplying fresh, cold lubricant under pressure from a pressure chamber arranged upstream of a fixed gliding plane to a lubricating gap between the fixed gliding plane and the rotating element, the supply of fresh, cold lubricant being so controlled that an effective lubricating wedge is formed between the rotating element and the fixed gliding plane.

Abstract: A drive for powering an agitator in a chemical process vessel may be located inside a housing attached to the vessel and may have a motor that drives a shaft that is attached to an agitator assembly inside the vessel. The shaft may pass into the vessel through a floor in the housing, which may be provided with a standpipe to prevent the flow of fluid on the floor into the vessel. A shield attached to the shaft may be provided above the standpipe to prevent fluid from entering the standpipe from above. In addition, a sump may be provided to allow effective lubrication and cooling for bearings that support the shaft.

Abstract: Spindle motor that has high rotational precision and is manufacturable at low cost, and that can be applied even in miniature, low-profile recording-disk drives. The spindle motor includes a shaft having a cone portion, a conic-shaped cavity into which the cone portion is inserted, and only a single dynamic-pressure bearing, formed on the lateral face of the cone portion. The working fluid is oil, and the oil fills without interruption a clearance between the shaft's cone portion and the conical cavity.

Abstract: To provide a bearing device, which can be easily processed, and whereby, its durability is capable of being improved and a load (tractional force) can be remarkably increased till the burn-in occurs and a pin for the bearing device. The bearing device is provided with a bush and a pin to be inserted in this bush. When an external force is acting in a certain direction, the bush and the pin are relatively rocked, and a slidable range H is formed, in which an outer peripheral face of the pin and an inner peripheral face of the bush partially and slidably contact with each other. An oil reservoir is provided at the side of the pin in order to prevent a no-lubrication portion, to which no lubrication oil is supplied, from being formed in the slidable range H.

Abstract: In a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism includes a drive gear, a driven gear, a sun gear connected to the drive gear, an internal gear disposed around the sun gear, a planetary gear meshed with the sun gear and the internal gear, a bearing for supporting the planetary gear, a carrier pin for supporting the bearing and a planet carrier connected to the carrier pin for transmitting revolving motion of the planetary gear to the driven gear, the bearing has a cylindrical inner wall forming an annular grease reservoir around the carrier pin at opposite ends thereof. The bearing can be lubricated by the grease supplied from the simple grease reservoir for long time.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a heat dissipation fan includes a bearing and a cap. The bearing has multiple grooves peripherally defined in the cylindrical body and a room defined in the body to communicate with the through hole in the center of the body. The cap is securely mounted on top of the bearing so that lubricant is able to be stopped from further movement away from the room.

Abstract: In order to enhance the fatigue resistance and the anti-seizure property while maintaining the. embeddability, there is provided a plain bearing comprising a bearing alloy layer, an intermediate layer and an overlay layer which are formed on the inner surface of a back metal in this order. The inner surface of the bearing alloy layer is provided with a recess groove “a” extending in the circumferential direction, so that the inner surface is made into a textured uneven condition. The recess groove “a” has a bent portion which is bent relative to the circumferential direction, so that a foreign substance X entering between a mating shaft and the plain bearing is moved in the circumferential direction owing to the rotation of the shaft, the foreign substance X runs against a side edge of the recess groove “a” and moves along the side edge, thereby the embedding of the foreign substance into the overlay layer is promoted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bearing assembly that includes a bearing insert that engages a bearing housing at an interface. In accordance with the invention, the interface is lubricated with a lubricant that provides sufficient lubrication such that the breaking housing torque required to initiate relative movement of the outer portion and housing is no greater than 130% of the moving housing torque required to maintain relative movement of the outer portion and housing. The lubricant preferably is a fatty acid, such as stearic acid or palmitic acid. In accordance with highly preferred embodiments of the invention, the lubricant comprises a grease composed of a base lubricating oil that is thickened with a fatty acid that is substantially uniformly dispersed therein.

Abstract: A lubricating coating compound used for forming a thermosetting synthetic resin lubricating film, wherein a resin composition composed of an epoxy resin, a curing agent, a reactive silicone oil with an epoxy group, and a triazinethiol is dissolved in an organic solvent, wherein if the sum of the epoxy resin and the curing agent is set to 100 parts by weight, the sum of the reactive silicone oil with an epoxy group and the triazinethiol is 2 to 30 parts by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning structure of a bearing and an axle tube, wherein, the positioning hole of the axle tube has a periphery formed with an oil storage space corresponding to the bearing, so that when the bearing is received and positioned in the positioning hole of the axle tube, the friction force between the bearing and the inner wall of the positioning hole can be reduced efficiently. Thus, the shaft hole of the bearing is not easily deformed due to squeeze, thereby preventing the center from deflecting. At the same time, the oil storage space is relatively increased, thereby enhancing the lubricating effect of the bearing. The oil storage space is directly integrally formed in the periphery of the positioning hole during fabrication of the shaft tube. Thus, the fabrication is rapid, thereby decreasing the cost of fabrication.

Abstract: A thin self-lubricating film bearing system including a mating structure having a mating surface, a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a substrate surface having a plurality of valleys, wherein the substrate is disposed so as to communicate the mating surface with the substrate surface and a lubricating material, wherein the lubricating material is disposed relative to the substrate so as to be communicated with the substrate surface and the mating surface.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement for supporting a movable component, in particular the crankshaft, of an internal combustion engine, having at least one bearing for receiving the component and an oil feed line to each bearing, wherein a filter (5) is arranged in the oil feed line (7) directly upstream of the bearing (3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for disposing of a lubricant, preferably oil, of which a controlled supply is provided to a friction bearing, especially a roll neck bearing of a chock. Said lubricant flows into the bearing box and is disposed of below through a lubricant sump. According to said method, the lubricant which has collected in the sump is disposed of upwards with the aid of a vacuum. To this end, the bearing case (1) is configured with a discharge bore (10) which extends downwards into the lubricant sump (9), and is connected to the atmosphere via at least one ventilation bore (17) situated at the top end of the bearing, and an outlet line (15, 16). The discharge bore (10) has a pressure regulating valve (13) in a line (12) which is connected to a vacuum source (VQ). Said pressure regulating valve (13) has an interactive connection to a device for measuring the throughflow of air (14), said measuring device being located in the outlet line (15) of the ventilation bore (17).

Abstract: Oil retention recesses are formed in an outer periphery of the slider block of a scroll compressor. The recesses insure that a quantity of oil is captured and maintained during operation and after shutdown of the scroll compressor. If the scroll compressor is operated or started back up during a “starved” lubricant condition, the captured oil insures the scroll compressor can operate without damage for a period of time such that lubricant can be returned to the sealed compressor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary screw machine that is completely oil-free. Known rotary screw machines with cooling, sealing, lubrication of the screw rotors and oil-lubrication and oil-cooling of the bearings have been replaced with water-lubricated and water-cooled bearings. Each screw rotor (102) is mounted in a water-lubricated radial slide bearing (1) and one trunnion (31) of the rotor co-acts with a water-lubricated thrust bearing (9, 10) which acts both as an hydrodynamic and an hydrostatic bearing. The trunnion bearing housing (21) is in fluid connection with the rotor housing, both along the trunnion and via a conduit (27) from the bearing housing interior to the gas inlet (108) of the screw rotor or via a channel which is cut-off from said inlet.

Abstract: A bearing structure for a motor rotor includes an engaging portion of a larger diameter formel on an outer periphery of the bearing tightly mounted to an inner periphery of an axle tube. The bearing structure further includes an axle hole for pivotally supporting a shaft of the motor rotor. The axle hole includes a pivotal section and an oil reservoir section that has an inner diameter larger than that of the pivotal section and that is not aligned with the pivotal section.

Abstract: A journal bearing including a generally cylindrical outer surface, and a generally cylindrical inner surface including an inner edge, an outer edge, a midline defined as a circumferential line midway between the inner edge and the outer edge, a least-loaded region and a highest-loaded region, and a first groove pattern symmetric about the midline, the pattern extending from the least-loaded region to the highest-loaded region, the pattern including a lubricant entry point on the midline in the least-loaded region, a lubricant reservoir on the midline on the opposite side of the highest-loaded region from the lubricant entry point, and substantially more grooving in the least-loaded region than in the highest-loaded region.

Abstract: In a guiding device for mechanical members, which consists of two parts intended to engage by sliding friction, one of the two parts, called the smooth part, has a smooth, functional, i.e. friction, surface and the other part, called the pierced part, has at least one functional, i.e. friction, surface, including emergent cavities intended to accommodate a grease of the lubricating-paste type and especially an EP grease (extreme-pressure grease) comprising a soap-type constituent, an oil-type constituent and an extreme-pressure additive. The contact angle &thgr; between the functional surface of the smooth part and the grease is in the range from 20 degrees to 40 degrees and the material of the pierced part is such that the contact angle between the functional surface of the pierced part and the grease is in the range from 45 degrees to 75 degrees. The device may be of the slideway/runner type, shaft/bearing type, ball/socket joint type, etc.

Abstract: A ring spindle assembly and process for re-lubricating a ring spindle having a vertically arranged bearing housing with a closed bottom. A step bearing is arranged in an oil-bath of the bearing housing for a rotating shaft. In the bearing housing, at least two lubricating channels are provided above the desired oil level of the oil-bath. When the shaft remains in the bearing housing, oil is filled into one lubricating channel until oil comes out of the other lubricating channel. A certain amount of oil is subsequently sucked out through the lubricating channel, so that the oil reaches the desired level.

Abstract: A bearing grease fitting for directing grease into an interior portion of a wheel hub. The bearing grease fitting is an integral piece having a protrusion with a nippled end. The grease fitting has a first portion, which seats within a wheel hub. Grease is transferred from a grease gun through the protrusion to an interior portion of a wheel, such as an axle. A bearing grease fitting assembly consists of the grease fitting together with the wheel hub.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighter bearing assembly, in which the bearing includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that rotate in relation to each other, the outer sleeve being set in a bearing block and the inner sleeve being set on a shaft, and one of the sleeves being arranged for axial movement relative to its support surface, and a pocket being arranged in the movement surface thus formed, to which a lubrication channel extends, to facilitate axial movement, such as that due to thermal expansion, the pocket being formed by a sealed area that delimits part of the movement surface.

Abstract: A cooling fan with an oil-retaining bushing has a rotor, a stator and a housing. A self-lubricating bushing is provided within the sleeve of the housing. The spindle of the rotor is disposed in a the bushing and fixed by a retaining ring. The bushings define an annual slot at each end thereof. A solid grease is applied into the annular slots. When the rotor rotates, the friction of the spindle and the bushings generates enough heat to melt the grease. The melted grease lubricates the spindle and the bushings to assure the smooth and even operation of the fan. Therefore, the useful life of the fan is lengthened.

Abstract: A device introduces lubricant to a shaft at a portion held by bushings located at a bearing portion of a pulley. The shaft is provided with a main fluid passage having a relatively large diameter. A packing member having a rod-shaped configuration is inserted through this main fluid passage. The dimensional difference between an open area of the main fluid passage and a sectional area of the packing member creates in the fluid passage a lubricant feeding hole which is smaller than the open area of the main fluid passage. A tributary fluid passage extending from this main fluid passage to a diametrical outside portion of the main fluid passage is provided with slits on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft such that the slits intersect the lubricant feeding hole at right angles. Wire is then inserted through each slit. The slits are then closed with a packing except for the portion containing wire.

Abstract: There are provided a plain bearing which is excellent in oil retaining property and wear-resistant property. The plain bearing has a number of fine grooves which are parallely formed with one another and extending in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of the bearing, the fine grooves comprising deep grooves and shallow grooves. When this bearing is used as a plain bearing, a large amount of lubricating oil can be retained in the deep grooves and the shallow grooves so that a plain bearing which is excellent in anti-seizure property and wear-resistant property can be obtained. Further, even if the shallow grooves will have been worn out by wear and tear during use of extended period of time, the anti-seizure property and the wear-resistant property can be stably maintained by the lubricating oil retained in the deep grooves.

Abstract: There are provided a plain bearing which is excellent in oil retaining property and wear-resistant property. The plain bearing has a number of fine grooves which are formed in the circumferential direction on each of the inner surfaces of semi-cylindrical bearing metals. Lands are defined as portions of the plain bearing which are left between the fine grooves. The lands comprise higher projecting lands and lower projecting lands. With this arrangement, a rotating shaft is supported by the higher projecting lands and a large amount of lubricating oil can be retained between the higher projecting land and the next higher projecting land thereto. Consequently, the bearing and its associated rotating parts can be prevented from the possible seizure in the running-in period at the early stage when using the bearing, which is liable to cause the seizure in particular.

Abstract: A multiple-spindle mechanism employs an arrangement of passages, grooves, and ducts that promotes continuous and simultaneous lubrication of all spindles. The mechanism is especially well suited for use in an automatic screw machine.

Abstract: A bush bearing includes at least two sections with different outer diameters. The section with a larger outer diameter has an inner diameter defined by the bore of the bush bearing. The inner diameter is greater than that of the section with a smaller outer diameter so as to minimize the friction between the bearing and the motor rotor spindle.

Abstract: An oil air distributor is inserted in the inside of a support hole provided in a housing. The oil air distributor is designed so that outer pipes and a spacer fitted onto an inner pipe are held, through seal rings, between a flange portion provided in the inner pipe and a supply plug. In a condition in which the seal rings are compressed axially, the second oil-supply hole provided in the supply plug is communicated with branch passages provided in the housing. Further, a plurality of inner-pipe-side small holes provided in the inner pipe are opened substantially horizontally in vertically even-level positions.

Abstract: A combined supporting and guide bearing for a tubular turbine plant has an axial guide bearing with two bearing supporting surfaces in an annular groove of the shaft. The bearing segments are each fastened to the radially inner section of a common supporting beam which is detachably fastened to the bearing support and extends into the annular groove.

Abstract: A shaft bushing provides a internal circumferential or annular surface and an adjacent internal radial surface both of which receive lubricant directly from an aperture in the bushing, in such a manner that outfacing surfaces, radial surfaces and in-facing surfaces of elements which are either a part of the shaft itself, or are mounted on the shaft, receive lubricant directly from the aperture. The aperture is formed as a straight hole and directed at an angle through the bushing wall so that its interface with the interior surfaces of the bushing are elliptical. Lubricant is directed through this hole to the interior of the bushing and thence to surfaces in contact therewith. The placing of the hole at an angle allows the lubricant to move in a straight line with no turns which might contribute to clogging, and results in a smooth transfer of lubricant from the hole to the interior surfaces in two orthogonal planes.

Abstract: The invention is an improvement in a machine having a bushing-type journal bearing and a bearing-supported component relatively rotatable one to the other. The bearing has a surface contacting the component and at least one lubrication groove formed in such surface. The improvement comprises a plurality of lubrication grooves spaced along the surface and defining first and second groove sets. Each groove in at least the first set (and preferably in both sets) includes a segment angular to the direction of rotation so that lubricant is distributed both circumferentially and axially on the surface. Groove exit runners are provided so that grease is urged outward toward the bearing edges. The highly preferred embodiment is suitable for uni-directional or bi-directional rotation and other embodiments are disclosed which can be used for uni-directional rotation.

Abstract: A plurality of retaining grooves for rolling members are arranged in the inner cylinder. The retaining grooves have semicircular bottom halves and top halves having sector-shaped sections diverging radially outwardly. The rolling members are accommodated in the bottom halves of the retaining grooves and grease fills the top halves. Then, the inner cylinder is fit into the outer cylinder. In rotating the bearing, the rolling members are rotated by the bottom halves of the retaining grooves serving as a sliding bearing and rolled on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder. When a heavy load is applied, the rolling members are pushed down to the same level as the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder, thereby distributing and supporting the load by the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder and the rolling members.

Abstract: A portable pressure regulated lubrication system for all bearings derived from using a specially designed thrust bearing. The thrust bearing carries a lubricant from a lubrication fitting on the outside of the thrust bearing to the outer race or races in a bearing hub, which in turn feed the internal bearing rollers or balls and rotating surfaces. The lubricant from the fitting coming in travels without any loss sealed within static seals thus assuring full and positive lubrication of the bearings. The pressure within the system is maintained and protected against excess pressure by a relief fitting with a set rating. The pressure assures improved lubrication and particularly with a grease lubricant improves lubrication and system life, and maintains the system free of voids and contaminants. Seals within the system maintain pressure and prevent lubricant outflow while functioning with static and/or moving parts. Round or square cross-sectioned O-Rings preferably act as seals.

Abstract: A multiple-spindle mechanism is lubricated, and is protected against the entry of foreign matter, by a mist of oil which is distributed under pressure between mutually contacting bearing surfaces, and is discharged outwardly thereof. The mechanism is especially well suited for use in an automatic screw machine, and provides the desired functions despite the axial reciprocation of the spindles that occurs therein.

Abstract: In a bearing apparatus having an oilless bearing, plural grooves are formed on an outer surface of the bearing or an inner surface of a bearing holder for holding lubricant oil which is overflowed from the bearing, thereby the lubricant is maintained in a long service.

Abstract: A bearing device for a horizontal shaft type rotating machine includes an oil tank formed at the lower portion of the bearing box for storing lubricant oil for the bearing, the oil tank being divided by a bearing support plate between an oil feeding chamber and an oil collecting chamber; an oil feeding apparatus which pumps up the lubricant oil in the oil feeding chamber and feeds the lubricant oil onto the bearing; and a pair of diffusion flow passages; each of the pair of diffusion flow passages being formed along the inner wall of the oil tank and connects the oil collecting chamber with the oil feeding chamber; each of the diffusion flow passages permitting diffusion and movement of the lubricant oil from the oil collecting chamber to the oil feeding chamber.

Abstract: Bearing devices which rotatably support a shaft in a bearing having a plurality of radial projections formed on either the inside peripheral surface of the bearing or the peripheral surface of the shaft are discolsed. The bearing has an oil film formed between the projections and the mating part opposite to the projections for supporting the shaft. The projections are adapted to face the mating part with a specified area sufficient to cause a specified oil film dynamic pressure effect to occur. In one form of the invention, the projections are formed of an oil impregnated sintered metal, the part of the surface of the projections facing the mating part having been subject to a filling-up process.

Abstract: A bushing for an oil film bearing assembly has a plurality of hydrostatic oil recesses in its internal bearing surface at the load zone. Each recess is defined by the intersection of a double curved surface of revolution with the bearing surface, the recess thus being in the form of a portion of a prolate spheroid, with a substantially elliptical feathered peripheral edge.

Abstract: A marine propulsion device comprising a gear housing adapted to be mounted on a transom of a boat, a first gear rotatably supported by the gear housing and adapted to be driven by an engine, a second gear which is rotatably supported by the gear housing, which is driven by the first gear and which is adapted to be drivingly connected to a propeller, a third gear driven by the second gear, and an arrangement for lubricating the third gear.

Abstract: A thrust bearing or thrust bearings are adapted to be used in pressurized lubricating systems to maintain lubricant under pressure in these systems. The pressure assures improved lubrication and particularly with a grease lubricant improves lubrication and system life, and maintains the system free of voids and contaminants. Seals within the system maintain pressure and prevent lubricant outflow while functioning with static and/or moving parts. Round or square cross-sectioned O-rings preferably act as seals. A special O-ring having separable end segments may be used in the systems with the thrust bearings to seal against pressure and lubricant outflow.

Abstract: A device for lubricating hydrodynamic bearings comprising an oil tank (2) and a pump (1) connected to the bearings (8) through a delivery line (5). The delivery line (5) has a value (9) placed below the oil level in the tank (2) . The valve has a casing with an inlet port (10) and an outlet port (11) end an auxiliary port (14). A movable member (12) with an axial passage (13) is mounted in the casing to take two positions so that in the first position it shuts-off the auxiliary port (14), the port (10) communicating with the port (11) via the passage (13). end in the second positions, it opens the port (14), the outlet port (11) communicating with the tank (2) through the port (14).

Abstract: A lubricated bearing apparatus for a hydraulic machinery has rotary-side ceramic sliding plates disposed in contact with bearing-side ceramic sliding plates. The rotary-side ceramic sliding plates are disposed in receiving grooves of a main shaft sleeve member fixed to the main shaft. The main shaft sleeve member is provided with preventing portions for preventing the rotary-side ceramics sliding plates from being broken by the centrifugal force. Thus, ceramic materials can be used both on the rotary side and the bearing side, thereby lengthening the usable life of the bearing apparatus.

Abstract: A device for mounting a cam shaft for actuating the brake shoes of a drum brake for vehicles and the like, in which the cam shaft is mounted in a bearing eye of the brake bracket via a bearing section by a bushing, includes a tigthening disk and a guard ring for restraining axial movement of the cam shaft. There is a bearing section in the brake bracket for rotatably supporting the cam shaft on a section adjacent to the S-shaped cam. And, to avoid too much grease on the brakes and to increase the low maintenance or allow for no maintenance of the device, the bearing eye has an extension on the other side of the cam away from the cam and beyond the bearing section to define a grease chamber enclosing the cam shaft.

Abstract: A screw compressor comprises a casing and a pair of male and female rotors respectively having herical teeth and grooves formed in their outer peripheries. The rotors are arranged within the casing in meshing relation to each other through the teeth and grooves. Each rotor is rotatably supported by a pair of first and second radial plain bearings and a thrust plain bearing which is arranged at an end of the rotor shaft and adjacent the second radial plain bearing. Each of the thrust plain bearings is of dynamic-pressure type in which with rotation of a corresponding one of the shafts of the respective rotors, pressure is applied to lubricant by sliding movement of the thrust plain bearing to produce an anti-thrust force.

Abstract: The rotary bearing assembles a first arm with a second arm (14) provided with a cylindrical throughway opening (20) which receives a journal constituted by a first cylindrical shoulder (22) projecting from the lateral surface (24) of the first arm and a second cylindrical shoulder (26) which projects from a member (16) forming a bearing plug, the two shoulders (22, 26) being mechanically interconnected by their confronting planar surfaces (30, 32) so as to trap the second arm. One of the shoulders (22) has an axial orifice (34) for introducing a lubricating agent and opening onto the planar surface of the shoulder (30) for supplying the lubricating agent to a distribution passage (38, 40) which is formed in at least one of the two planar surfaces (30, 32) and communicates with the periphery of the journal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective device of drum-brake operating shafts of trucks and touring trailers. This device is essentially constituted by a protective sleeve (4) mounted on the bushing (5) of the operating shaft (1) of the clearance cam (3) of the brake shoes. This sleeve (4), extended up to the operating lever (2), comprises a packing (6) at each one of the extremities of its bore. The axis of the bore (4d) is upwardly offset in relation to the axis of the sleeve (4), of a distance X corresponding to one half of the clearance arranged between the shaft (1) and the bore (4d). A sectoral wearing plate (10) is disposed at the lower portion of the bore (4d). The sleeve (4) is mounted at the connecting bridge (8) by an annular collar (4a) with an indexing key (4b) and of the housing (9), existing at the beginning, or of a tab molded with the sleeve (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing leaks in a propeller shaft bearing arrangement including a plain bearing (2), which is lubricated with oil or water and which supports the propeller shaft (1) extending through an opening in the body (4) of a hull, and packing members (6,7) for keeping the lubricant in the lubrication space and for preventing water from entering the bearing arrangement. According to the invention, the pressure vibrations occuring in the lubricant are equalized arranging, in the lubrication space, a medium possessing a high compressibility, which medium by means of changes in volume receives and equalizes said pressure vibrations.