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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anton Orlitzky, Delta, CA;
Assignee:
A.T.S. Electro-Lube Holdings Ltd., Delta, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
184-612 ; 184 39 ; 74467 ; 74468 ;
Abstract
An apparatus to lubricate a main component. There is an idler in contact with the main component and an inlet in the idler to receive lubricant. There is at least one outlet in the idler at a point where the idler contacts the main component. A passageway in the idler links the inlet and the outlet. Lubricant can be forced into the inlet, through the passageway to the outlet so that lubricant is thus applied from the idler to the main component. The invention finds particular application in the lubrication of gear wheels and chains where the idler is a sprocket able to engage with the gear wheel or chain.