Patent ID: 6939051

Claim:
A bearing arrangement for supporting a sealing bellows around a shaft in a manner permitting axial and angular motion, comprising: a first inner bearing sleeve, a rolling bearing having an inner race ring fitted around said first sleeve with one end face of the rolling bearing engaging a shoulder in the inner sleeve, a second outer bearing sleeve, sealing means provided in a space between said first and second bearing sleeves beside the rolling bearing, and a flexible elongated bellows intended to enclose a portion of a shaft and sealingly connected at one of its ends to an outer surface of the outer bearing sleeve, and having means for attachment of its opposite end to a fitting of a machine member from which the shaft projects, the outer bearing sleeve being provided with an inwardly bent flange portion forming an engagement surface for an opposite end face of the rolling bearing, the bellows being attachable to the outer sleeve, the inner and outer bearing sleeves, the bearing and the sealing means thereby forming a united machine member.