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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1998
David C. Orlowski, Milan, IL (US);
Inpro Companies, Inc., Rock Island, IL (US);
Abstract
The improved bearing isolator permits the use of vapor or a combination of a vaporized substance with a carrier to lubricate bearings while containing the vaporized substance in the housing and permitting the carrier, having been stripped of its substance, to escape to the atmosphere. This novel coalescing unit also has a positive coalescence both during operation and at static condition. This invention will retain the vaporized substance in the housing after coalescence so that it may be reclaimed or reused as desired. The novel coalescing unit of this invention may be utilized with any seal assembly which will prevent or minimize the escape of the lubricant in liquid form from the housing, the coalescing member separate the mist from the carrier and coalesces the substance of the vapor to be retained within the housing.