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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7117976 | Lubricating system affixed to a rotary shaft A lubricating system is affixed to and rotates with a rotary drive shaft, and provides automatic lubrication of the rotating bearings of a universal joint or similar articulated juncture in the shaft while the shaft is rotating. The present system includes a series ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 5480003 | Passive lubrication delivery system and integral bearing housing A bearing lubrication system in which a shaft is journaled for rotation in an integral bearing in a gear box, the bearing being primarily loaded through less than its full circumference, leaving an unloaded reach of the bearing, the bearing being interrup... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5281033 | Housed bearing assembly with sealed roller A housed bearing assembly suitable for use as a pillow block bearing unit or flanged bearing unit. The assembly includes a shaft sleeve and roller body secured to one another and enclosed by a housing. The roller body is adapted to roll against an inner p... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5205654 | Automatic delivery device for lubricating a bearing A side channel pump is disposed on the same shaft as a combination friction bearing, each conveyor blade having a cutout at the height of the side channel equivalent to and corresponding with the cross section of the side channel.... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5163812 | Rotary pump with a permanent magnetic drive A rotary impeller pump having a permanent magnetic drive is disclosed. An impeller disposed on a rotating shaft which is supported by a bearing assembly within a housing assembly. The bearing assembly is supported by a fixed ring assembly having a channel... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5139349 | Bearing device for horizontal shaft type rotating machine A bearing device for a horizontal shaft type rotating machine includes an oil tank formed at the lower portion of the bearing box for storing lubricant oil for the bearing, the oil tank being divided by a bearing support plate between an oil feeding chamb... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4964740 | Bearing apparatus for a rotary machine having a horizontal rotating shaft A bearing apparatus for a rotary machine having a horizontal rotating shaft comprises a bearing for supporting the horizontal rotating shaft, a bearing box for supporting the bearing therein, a lubricating oil tank disposed in a lower portion of the beari... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964489 | Jet spray slinger A jet spray slinger is provided for lubricating moving parts within a housing. A trough is fixed to or frictionally driven by a rotating shaft. The trough has holes that allow lubricant to be sprayed radially outward as the shaft rotates the trough. Axial... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4648485 | Radial scoop construction A scoop device for dividing oil in metered quantity in both directions from the scoop, in which the intake scoop passages deliver oil to a circumferential channel, from which it is discharged laterally into opposed grooves, the latter having notches in th... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4643593 | Assembly for lubricating thrust bearings of machines The rotor of a thrust bearing for the horizontal shaft of a centrifugal pump is installed in a housing which is mounted in an oil-containing vessel and has an inlet below and an outlet above the oil level. The peripheral surface of the rotor has a groove ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4494758 | Mechanical seal lubrication device A device for transporting lubricant to the mechanical sealds in a submersible machine includes a funnel shaped guide means arranged on a rotating shaft in an oil room. Oil will be sucked in at the small end of the guide means and flow out at its big end t... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4466508 | Lubrication device A pump has a rotating shaft supported by a pair of bearings. An oil sump is located below the shaft and contains oil for lubrication of the bearings. Roll pins are inserted into respective holes in the shaft to extend into the oil sump during rotation of ... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4448552 | Bearing lubrication system A bearing, particularly a heavy duty bearing, in which lubrication is effected by lubricant being picked up on a disc (27,28) mounted on the bearing shaft (21), the disc having, at its periphery, an axially extending ring (35) on the inner and outer surfa... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4327950 | Bearing and lubrication system A bearing and lubrication system for a rotatable shaft comprising a journal bearing assembly for supporting the shaft, a thrust bearing assembly for limiting axial movement of the shaft, and a ring surrounding the shaft and having a portion of the inner s... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4226918 | Rubber adherent ternary Cu-Zn-Ni Alloy coated steel wires A ferrous wire having a homogeneous coating deposited on the wire, with the homogeneous coating comprised of between about 0.3-5.0% by weight of nickel, 60-75% by weight of copper and 40-25% by weight of zinc. The homogeneous coating comprises between abo... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4090588 | Means for lubricating machine components The invention comprises a lubricant trough or reservoir which is replaceably secured to an inner wall of a machine in an area where the reservoir will intercept, and reclaim, lubricant thrown by a rotating lubricant slinger-disc, or thrown by meshing gear... | 05/23/1978 |
