Device for supplying an oil-air mixture to bearing locations
US4406503A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 1981 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H57/0469
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for supplying an oil-air mixture to a bearing location from an oil reservoir which is arranged on a shaft. The oil is held by an absorbent and retentive material, the oil reservoir being in a bore of a revolving machine part and including a closed annular container filled with an absorbent and retentive material, fixed next to the bearing to be lubricated on a shaft and provided with substantially radial passages opening at its periphery into a space communicating with one side of the bearing, and at its bore into grooves in communication with the other side of the bearing.
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