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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1984
John W Erickson, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Dresser Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A lubrication system for moveable machine parts within a housing have a sump containing a fluid and a rotatable shaft comprising a ring eccentrically encircling and being frictionally rotated by shaft, ring being at least partially immersed in sump fluid to carry fluid during rotation for machine parts, a plurality of fluid carrying fins attached to ring to increase the fluid carrying capacity of ring, fins commencing from each outer edge and extending partially inwardly along the ring width towards each other thereby forming an annular space between fins and ring, conduit means having an inlet located within annular space for receiving fluid carried in annular space and delivering fluid to moveable machine parts, and first and second abutments attach to shaft, one on each side of ring and spaced from ring sufficiently to form an axial gap for a fluid film which transmits rotational power from abutments to ring.