System for supplying lubricant to a plurality of bearings

US5971107A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Barmag AG · DE

Inventors

• Albert Stitz · Lingen (Ems), DE
• Wolfgang Hahmann · Kempen, DE
• Franz Peter Salz · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 26, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/86
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lubrication system for supplying lubricant to a plurality of antifriction bearings, and which has a lubricant supply tank and a closed circuit lubricant supply line having two ends which communicate with the tank. A pump circulates the lubricant through the line, and a pressure regulating valve in the downstream end portion of the line maintains a desired pressure in the line. A plurality of tap lines lead from the closed circuit supply line to respective bearings via a metering or controllable valve.