Coolant application device
AssigneeMinebea Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideyuki OGIHARA, Masao KATO
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Abstract
A coolant application device includes a nozzle which spouts coolant and a motor which adjusts the rotation angle of the nozzle. The coolant application device also includes a housing, a hollow shaft rotatively and fluid-tightly inserted into the housing, a coolant passage formed in the hollow shaft, a port arranged at a lateral wall of the hollow shaft and communicating with the coolant passage, and an inlet passage arranged in the housing and communicating with the coolant passage through the port. The nozzle is connected to the hollow shaft and communicates with the coolant passage. The hollow shaft is coaxially arranged and directly connected to an output shaft of the motor.
Claims3
A coolant application device including:
- a nozzle which spouts coolant;
- a motor which adjusts a rotation angle of the nozzle;
- a housing;
- a hollow shaft which is rotatively and fluid-tightly inserted into the housing, the hollow shaft having a coolant passage therein;
- a port which is arranged at a lateral wall of the hollow shaft and communicates with the coolant passage;
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- an inlet passage which is arranged in the housing and communicates with the coolant passage through the port,
- wherein the nozzle is connected to the hollow shaft and communicates with the coolant passage, and the hollow shaft is coaxially arranged and directly connected to an output shaft of the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.