Lubricating device
US4097185A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S417/902
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lubricating device, especially for use with a hermetic motor compressor unit, having a vertical shaft extending downwardly into a lubricant sump, and in the lower end of which shaft is a device having an inlet in the lower end and operable as the shaft rotates for propelling the lubricant upwardly along a hollow passage in the shaft and into a channel formed in the outside of the shaft and disposed within the axial limits of the bearing which supports the shaft.
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