Lubricant applicator
AssigneeSkf Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH
InventorsAndreas Schoenfeld, Daniel Beisel, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Thomas Leibbrand
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Abstract
A lubricant application device includes a base body configured to be mounted to an end surface of a gear. The base body includes a port configured to be connected to a source of lubricant and a holder for holding a lubricant applicator supported by the base body. A lubricant passage connects the port to the holder, and a lubricant applicator is mounted in the holder. The lubricant applicator is a coiled wire defining an internal passage for carrying the lubricant and may include a first length of coils with no axial spacing and a second length of coils that are axial spaced.
Claims19
A lubricant applicator including at least one region comprising a coiled wire having a plurality of coils, the coiled wire having a first region in which the coils are in mutual contact and a second region in which the coils are in mutual contact and a third region between the first region and the second region in which the coils are spaced from each other.
A gear lubricant line device comprising:
- a lubricant applicator including at least one region comprising a coiled wire, and
- an attachment unit configured attach the lubricant applicator to a gear in a materially-bonded and/or magnetic manner.
A lubricant application device comprising:
- a base body configured to be mounted to an end surface of a gear, the base body including a port configured to be connected to a source of lubricant,
- a holder for holding a lubricant applicator supported by the base body,
- a lubricant passage connecting the port to the holder, and
- a lubricant applicator in the holder, the lubricant applicator comprising a coiled wire defining an internal passage for carrying the lubricant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.