Abstract: A hydrostatic bearing supplied with pressurized water positioned as a seal between the shaft of a pump-turbine and a suction bend adjacent the lower end of the shaft. The hydrostatic bearing replaces the conventional labyrinth joint usually located above the lower shaft bearing, and may additionally replace the lower bearing itself.

Abstract: A propeller runner having swivelling blades, each integral with a journal engaged in two bearings respectively in the outer portion and the inner portion of the runner, and equipped with lateral connecting rods for manipulation in rotation.The inner central portion of the hub of the runner includes a spider 29 each arm of which consists of a radial journal 31 prolonged by a threaded portion 32. Each blade journal 23 is engaged over a spider journal 31 with a bearing 26 and is held by a nut 33 screwed onto the portion 32 with the interposition of a thrust bearing 30. The spider 29 for a four-bladed runner preferably consists of a core 39 through which passes a shaft 40.The invention is applicable to propeller runners having swivelling blades for turbines.

Abstract: A mechanism for controlling two rotatable cut-off devices which are mounted in series in a shell for connection to one and the same pipe, comprises a jack in respect of each cut-off device, each jack being articulated to a lever fast with a journal of a respective one of the cut-off devices and to the shell in the zone thereof supporting the journals of the other cut-off device.The invention is particularly applicable to the valves for protecting a hydraulic machine in a high-fall hydraulic power station.