Bryson G Sharp

US Patent:

20120261215, Oct 18, 2012

Filed:

Apr 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/088890

Inventors:

Bryson Sharp - Farmington MN, US
John David Schuetz - Owatonna MN, US
Brent Starnes - Lakeville MN, US

International Classification:

F16N 7/14

US Classification:

184 51

Abstract:

A bearing-protection device for protecting and lubricating bearings. The bearing-protection device provides positive indication of lubrication levels provided to the bearings and includes a protector housing defining a lubrication chamber with an outer wall, a proximal end and a distal end. The device also includes a piston assembly movable within the lubrication chamber, the piston assembly biased in a direction generally toward the proximal end of the bearing protector housing, and a viewing window defined in the outer wall of the bearing protector housing. Indicia associated with the piston is viewable through the viewing window to indicate a level of lubricant within the chamber.