Pad bearing assembly with fluid spray and blocker bar

A bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable shaft, which comprises:

• a bearing casing having an inner surface and a plurality of fluid drain outlets;
• pads attached to said inner surface of said bearing casing, each pad having a face facing the shaft and having a leading edge and a trailing edge with respect to the rotation of the shaft;
• a spray bar positioned adjacent said leading edge of each said pad, said spray bar having fluid ejecting apertures for forcibly ejecting fluid toward said leading edge and onto said pad face;
• said spray bar including a fluid blocking segment adjacent the shaft for blocking heated fluid from being carried by the rotation of the shaft to said leading edge of next said pad in the direction of the rotation;
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• said spray bar including a fluid removal segment in fluid communication with one of said fluid drain outlets, said fluid removal segment obtusely inclined with respect to said fluid blocking segment for directing the heated fluid to said fluid drain outlet to expedite removal of the heated fluid from the bearing assembly.

A bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable shaft, which comprises:

• a bearing casing having an inner surface and fluid drain outlets;
• a plurality of pads mounted on said inner surface of said bearing casing, each pad having a face facing the shaft and having a leading edge and a trailing edge with respect to the rotation of the shaft;
• a spray bar positioned adjacent said leading edge of each said pad, said spray bar having fluid ejecting apertures of different size for forcibly ejecting fluid toward said leading edge and onto said pad face;
• a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with said fluid ejecting apertures, said fluid reservoir supplying the fluid to said fluid ejecting apertures under pressure so that the fluid is forcibly ejected from said fluid ejecting apertures;
• said spray bar including a fluid blocking segment adjacent the shaft for blocking heated fluid from being carried by the rotation of the shaft to said leading edge of next said pad in the direction of the rotation;
• and
• said spray bar including a fluid removal segment in fluid communication with one of said fluid drain outlets, said fluid removal segment defining channels and being obtusely inclined with respect to said fluid blocking segment for directing the heated fluid to said fluid drain outlet to expedite removal of the heated fluid from the bearing assembly.