System and method to automatically lubricate a kiln cartwheel
OwnerRobert Gustave Peacock, Dominic Robitaille +1inventors
InventorsRobert Gustave Peacock, Dominic Robitaille, Etienne Lacroix
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Abstract
A system for lubricating a cartwheel of a kiln cart, the system comprising a frame positioned proximate a pathway of the kiln cart, a cartwheel detector adapted to detect a position of the cartwheel and a lubricant delivery assembly affixed to said frame, said lubricant delivery assembly comprising a coupler configured to fluidly mate with a hub of the cartwheel, wherein the lubricant delivery assembly is extendable between a retracted position and an extended position, the coupler being positioned to mate with the hub of the cartwheel when the lubricant delivery assembly is in said extended position.
Claims20
A system for automatically lubricating a cartwheel of a kiln cart, the system comprising:
- a frame proximate to a pathway of the kiln cart;
- a cartwheel presence detector;
- and
- a lubricant delivery assembly comprising a cartwheel hub coupler, the coupler being movable in relation to the frame to fluidly mate with the hub of the cartwheel upon detection of the presence of the cartwheel by the detector.
A method of lubricating a cartwheel of a kiln cart, the method comprising:
- detecting presence of a cartwheel within a predetermined distance;
- automatically moving a coupler to mate with a hub of the detected cartwheel;
- and
- delivering a lubricant to the hub of the cartwheel through the mated coupler.
The method of 14 further comprising impelling the coupler towards the hub of the cartwheel when the coupler is mating with the hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.