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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard T Herrmann, Pinehurst, TX (US);
Albert B Atkinson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dresser Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
184 64 ; 184102 ; 184109 ; 384902 ; 384279 ; 73198 ;
Abstract
In a meter counter assembly of a gas meter, a rotatable shaft of a gear train is journaled in a bore that extends through a support plate mounted in the housing of the counter. The plate is of a porus material, forming capillary passages for the transmission of lubricant therethroughout. A portion of the support plate extends into a lubricant reservoir in the housing. In use, lubricant migrates through the capillary passages to the bore from the reservoir for lubrication of the shaft.