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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Lincoln Industrial Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventor:

Paul Conley, St. Charles, MO (US);

Assignee:

Lincoln Industrial Corporation, St. Louis, unknown;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 29/02 (2006.01); F16N 7/38 (2006.01); F16N 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 29/02 (2013.01); F16N 7/385 (2013.01); F16N 11/00 (2013.01); F16N 2250/04 (2013.01); F16N 2250/08 (2013.01); F16N 2260/18 (2013.01); F16N 2280/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lubrication system includes a lubricant supply reservoir, a supply line connecting the reservoir with one or more dispenser valves, a return valve and a pump. A control is operatively connected with a pump and with the return valve, the control being configured to operate the pump and the return valve such that a quantity of lubricant within the supply line flows out of the supply line and into the reservoir when a period of storage within the supply line of the quantity of lubricant exceeds an estimated period of effectiveness of the quantity of lubricant or a predetermined portion of the estimated lubricant effectiveness period.


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