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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1977
Tamotsu Kasuya, Oyama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A turbosupercharger provided with means for preventing lubricant fatigue comprising a center housing having an inlet and an outlet for lubricant, a turbine casing mounted on said center housing at one end thereof, a compressor casing fixedly secured to said center housing at the other end thereof, and a turbine shaft rotatably mounted within said center housing, said turbine shaft having a turbine rotor at one end thereof within said turbine casing and a compressor rotor at the other end thereof within said compressor casing. The center housing has a chamber formed therein so as to receive lubricant slung out of the periphery of said turbine shaft and a communication hole formed therein to connect the inlet for lubricant with said chamber thereby injecting pressurized lubricant into said chamber through said communication hole.