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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Basil C Stevenson, Corton Denham, GB;
Assignee:
Westland plc, Yeovil, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
184-64 ; 73 6 / ; 184-624 ; 184108 ; 210 85 ; 2104165 ; 210434 ;
Abstract
A recirculating lubricating system includes a monitor filter unit (16) between a pump (13) and a main filter element (17). The monitor filter unit (16) includes diverting means (23, 31) to ensure that a proportion of the oil flowing between the pump and the main filter element is diverted through a removable monitor filter element (28).