Central-lubrication assembly
AssigneeWilly Vogel AG
InventorsJohannes Meuer, Dieter Todtenhaupt, Dieter Schonherr
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Abstract
In a central-lubrication assembly, a lubricant pump (3), a valve block (4), a drive motor (5) and a group of lubricant distributors (9) are fastened to the cover (2) of a housing (1) in the manner of a mounting unit. Above the housing (1) are arranged two lubricant cartridges (17, 18), one (18) of which forms a reserve cartridge, whilst the other is connected to the valve block (4) via a passage (14).
Claims14
A central-lubrication assembly for vehicles, with a lubricant reservoir, with a lubricant pump, with a drive motor for the lubricant pump and with a pressure relief valve for lubricant distributors to be connected to said pressure-relief valve;
- the lubricant pump (3), its drive motor (5) and a valve block (4) receiving the pressure-relief valve being accommodated in a closed housing (1) having a top side and at least one side wall extending downwardly therefrom, wherein arranged on the top side of the housing (1) is a recess (12) which serves for mounting a mouthpiece (15) of a lubricant cartridge (17) and which is connected via a passage (14) to the valve block (4) and via the valve block (4) to an inlet of the lubricant pump (3), an outlet of said lubricant pump (3) is connected to a group of at least four lubricant distributors (9) fastened to the outside of a cover (2) forming a bottom side of the housing (1), the inside of said cover (2) carrying the valve block (4), the lubricant pump (3) and the drive motor (5).
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