Lubrication system having segmented anti-backflow feature

A lubricant tank, comprising:

• a lubricant tank body;
• a lubricant tank discharge passageway at least partially within said lubricant tank body;
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• a segmented anti-back flow structure mounted adjacent to and disposed in said lubricant tank body and adjacent to and in fluid communication with said lubricant tank discharge passageway, wherein said segmented anti-back flow structure includes a multiple of walls each of which includes a tube which extends therethrough, and wherein at least one of said tubes extends toward a bottom of said lubricant tank body.

A lubricant tank, comprising:

• a lubricant tank body;
• a lubricant tank discharge passageway at least partially within said lubricant tank body;
• and
• a segmented anti-back flow structure mounted adjacent to and disposed in said lubricant tank body and adjacent to and in fluid communication with said lubricant tank discharge passageway, wherein said segmented anti-back flow structure includes a multiple of walls each of which includes a tube which extends therethrough, and wherein each of said multiple of walls surround said lubricant tank discharge passageway.

A lubrication system, comprising:

• a main lubricant tank configured to hold lubricant that is communicated from said main lubricant tank to a component along a first communication path;
• an auxiliary lubricant tank configured to hold lubricant that is communicated from said component to said auxiliary lubricant tank along a second communication path, said first communication path separate from said second communication path;
• an auxiliary lubricant tank discharge passageway at least partially within said auxiliary lubricant tank, said auxiliary lubricant tank discharge passageway, includes an opening to permit lubricant transfer between said auxiliary lubricant tank and said auxiliary lubricant tank discharge passageway;
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• a segmented anti-back flow structure mounted in said auxiliary lubricant tank and adjacent to said auxiliary lubricant tank discharge passageway, and wherein said auxiliary lubricant tank and said auxiliary lubricant tank discharge passageway are defined along a non-linear axis, and wherein said segmented anti-back flow structure includes a multiple of walls at least one of which includes an outwardly projecting tube which extends therethrough.