Vernon F Stone

US Patent:

57159122, Feb 10, 1998

Filed:

Oct 1, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/722426

Inventors:

John P. Maxwell - Rochester Hills MI
Vernon F. Stone - Ames IA

International Classification:

F01M 100

US Classification:

184 626

Abstract:

The subject invention is an improved lubrication system which supplies oil mist under pressure to externally inaccessible bearings and gears as well as supplying solid oil to externally accessible bearings, both from a single source. Both solid oil and oil mist are provided by use of conventional components. The system operates from power supplied by plant air and electricity. The subject invention employs a demister system, new to the art, which enhances the consolidation of oil particles within the gear housing, or other enclosures of moving parts to be lubricated. It reduces the amount of oil mist exhausted while retaining the benefits of a pressurized system to keep out contaminants and improves the health quality of the working environment.