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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1996
Peter J Ensch, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Louis F Counter, Greendale, WI (US);
Rexnord Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A conveyor including: a guide track including a wear strip, the wear strip including a guide surface; a conveyor chain supported for movement relative to the guide track and including a plurality of interconnected links, a plurality of the links each including a thrust surface which rides against the guide surface when the conveyor chain is moved; and a lubrication insert mounted in one of the wear strip and the plurality of links, the lubrication insert including a porous material having an outer portion proximate one of the guide surface and the thrust surface, the lubrication insert including a fluid lubricant impregnating the porous material, such that when the conveyor chain is moved the fluid lubricant is released from the porous material and forms a lubricating film between the guide surface and the thrust surface.