F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – N
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
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F16N 7/26 (2006.01) F16H 57/04 (2010.01) F16N 7/16 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2041869
88079 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A lubrication system for an operating device (10) within a housing (11) to provide a non- pressurized lubrication system wherein said device includes a rotary input shaft (21), a rotary output shaft (37), means (23) between said shafts acting to operatively connect them for rotation, a fluid slinger device (54) secured onto one of said rotary shafts to rotate therewith, said device having offset radial arms (57) with slinger portions (58) at the ends thereof adapted to project into the fluid level in a static reservoir (53) formed in said housing, a settling reservoir (63) formed in the upper portion of said housing having an elongated opening (64) adjacent the highest point of said housing to receive fluid picked up by said slinger portions (58) and an orifice (66) at the lowest point of said settling reservoir (63) to allow fluid flow back to said static reservoir (53), bearings (33,34) for said rotating shaft (21) and a fluid retaining cup (69) adjacent said bearings acting to receive fluid from the fluid slinger device (54), and a housing wall (67) in general radial alignment with said fluid retaining cup (69) and having ribs (68) thereon to direct the fluid thrown by said slinger to said retaining cup.
Butterfield Roger P.
Churchill Bruce A.
Borg-Warner Automotive Inc.
Butterfield Roger P.
Churchill Bruce A.
Macrae & Co.
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