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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1975
Delwin E Cobb, Peoria County, IL (US);
George J Jackson, Peoria County, IL (US);
Richard E Livesay, Peoria County, IL (US);
Orrin A Stemler, Tazewell County, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A lubricating and damping system for mechanisms which undergo large changes in orientation during operation is disclosed. The system includes a scavenge compartment built into the housing of the system and a plurality of scavenge pumps mounted within the housing having separate inlets so located that at least one of the inlets is submerged within the lubricating oil regardless of the orientation of the housing with the oil picked up by the scavenge pumps delivered through deaeration means and into a collection tank. A lubrication pump draws the oil from the collection tank and supplies it for lubrication of the mechanism and for the damping means of the system.