Wire lubrication applicators, and related methods of use
Assignee1187185 Alberta Ltd.
InventorBlaire Velichko
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Abstract
A wire lubrication applicator has: a cylindrical body with opposed open axial ends along a wire travel axis, the cylindrical body formed of inner and outer hollow tubes that each define a longitudinal wire insertion slot extending between the opposed open axial ends, with the inner and outer hollow tubes being coaxially mounted to rotate relative to one another about the wire travel axis to align and misalign the longitudinal wire insertion slots to open and close, respectively, a lateral wire entry into a lubricant retaining interior of the inner hollow tube; and one or more end caps that are on the cylindrical body and each form an axial wire opening. One or more of the axial wire openings are biased to radially constrict about a wire in use.
Claims21
A wire lubrication applicator comprising:
- a cylindrical body with opposed open axial ends along a wire travel axis, the cylindrical body formed of inner and outer hollow tubes that each define a longitudinal wire insertion slot extending between the opposed open axial ends, with the inner and outer hollow tubes being coaxially mounted to rotate relative to one another about the wire travel axis to align and misalign the longitudinal wire insertion slots to open and close, respectively, a lateral wire entry into a lubricant retaining interior of the inner hollow tube;
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- one or more end caps that are on the cylindrical body and each form an axial wire opening, with one or more of the axial wire openings being biased to radially constrict about a wire in use.
The wire lubrication applicator of claim 13 in which the lubrication dispensing cartridge defines a longitudinal wire insertion slot that extends between opposed open axial cartridge ends and aligns with the longitudinal wire insertion slots of the inner and outer hollow tubes when the lateral wire entry is open.
A wire lubrication applicator comprising:
- a cylindrical body with opposed open axial ends along a wire travel axis, the cylindrical body formed of inner and outer hollow tubes that each define a longitudinal wire insertion slot extending between the opposed open axial ends, with the inner and outer hollow tubes being coaxially mounted to rotate relative to one another about the wire travel axis to align and misalign the longitudinal wire insertion slots to open and close, respectively, a lateral wire entry into a lubricant retaining interior of the inner hollow tube;
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- one or more end caps that are on the cylindrical body and each form an axial wire opening, with one or more of the end caps having a plurality of converging radial fingers that define the respective axial wire opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.