Lubricating device for supplying several lubricating points, in particular of a knitting machine, with lubricant, preferably oil, and method

US5181585A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Memminger-IRO GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Braun · Spaichingen, DE
• Rolf Huss · Loßburg, DE
• Alfred Lampprecht · Betzweiler, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 1992
• Grant date: Jan 26, 1993
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D04B35/28
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lubricating device for supplying a plurality of lubricating points or positions, in particular of a knitting machine, with lubricant, preferably oil, has a lubricant distributor (16) which is connected on the inlet side to the pressure side of a piston-type lubricant pump (9-13) and which has lubricant outlets (26, 29) which are associated with the individual lubricating points and can be individually activated by the lubricant distributor. For this purpose, the lubricant distributor contains a distributor element (21, 21') which is rotated by a controlled motor (40) and is provided with a distributor channel via which a flow connection is established between the pressure side of the piston pump and the respectively selected lubricating point or position, in a program-controlled manner. The time duration of lubricant flow to the lubricating points or positions can be controlled, so that each lubricating point or position receives the required lubricant.