Oil collector for guide rails
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsErno Lehikoinen, Jürgen Brucker, Heidi Sederholm
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Abstract
An oil collector for a guide rail, its use and a method for collecting lubricating oil from a guide rail are disclosed. The oil collector includes a receiving element for receiving the lubricating oil flowing along the guide rail, the receiving element including a portion formed to be set against the guide rail. The oil collector is wherein the receiving element includes a block of absorbent material absorbing the lubricating oil. The oil collector can further include a releasable fastening member for pressing the block of absorbent material against the guide rail thereby securing the block of absorbent material in place.
Claims17
An oil collector for a guide rail having a T-shaped cross-sectional profile, comprising:
- a receiving element for receiving lubricating oil flowing along the guide rail and configured to contact the guide rail, the receiving element is a block of absorbent material configured to absorb the lubricating oil, and
- a casing encompassing an entire outer cross-sectional profile of the receiving element and an entire outer cross-sectional profile of the guide rail when viewed from a top view of the receiving element and when the casing is closed,
- wherein the casing comprises enclosure portions, and
- wherein the receiving element comprises a T-shaped recess having a shape corresponding to the T-shaped cross-sectional profile of the guide rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.