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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A rotating shaft support structure and a rotary machine which can suppress the influence of lubricating oil on other devices. A rotating shaft support structure (journal bearing mechanism) and a rotary machine having the same includes: a bearing (journal bearing) which supports a rotating shaft, of which the surface facing the rotating shaft is supplied with lubricating oil by a direct lubrication method, and which is disposed inside a cavity holding a suction mechanism for recovering mist of the lubricating oil L leaking from the clearance between the rotating shaft and side plates; and at least one scattering prevention plate which is disposed on the side of an end surface of the bearing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, on the vertically upper side of the rotating shaft.