Lubricant supply system

• US 6,189,656 B1
• Filed: 08/20/1999
• Issued: 02/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: De Limon Fluhme GmbH & Company
• Original Assignee: De Limon Fluhme GmbH & Company
• Inventors: Morgenstern, Garhard, Follert, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): FENSTERMACHER, DAVID MORGAN
• Application Number:
  US09/387,701
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 184/7.4, 184/6.12, 184/6, 184/109, 184/67, 184/108
• US Class Current: 184/7.4
• CPC Class Codes: F16N 17/06 in vacuum or under reduced pressure lubrication of evacuating pumps F04; of rotary anodes of X-ray tubes H01J35/10
• CPC Class Codes: F16N 7/38 with a separate pump; Central lubrication systems

Abstract

A lubricant supply system for continuously and automatically lubricating machine parts has a housing and a lubricant reservoir mounted in the housing. A lubricant metering device is also mounted in the housing. A control device is provided for variably operating the lubricant metering device. The control device has a receiver receiving by wireless remote transmission operating and service data.

Claims

1. A lubricant supply system for continuously and automatically lubricating machine parts, said system comprising:

a housing (3);

a lubricant reservoir (5) mounted in said housing (3);

a lubricant metering device (6) mounted in said housing (3);

a control device (7) connected to said lubricant metering device (6) and variably operating said lubricant metering device (6);

said control device (7) having a receiver (8) receiving by wireless remote transmission operating and service data.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a central control unit (10), wherein said control device (7) has a sender (9) sending data by wireless remote transmission to said central control unit (10).

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein said sender (9) is an infrared sender or a high frequency sender and wherein said receiver (8) is an infrared receiver or a high frequency receiver.

4. A system according to claim 2, wherein said sender (9) sends periodically current operating and service data to said central control unit (10).

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein said control device (7) monitors a filling level of said lubricant reservoir (5).

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said lubricant metering device (6) is a pump device having an electromotor drive or a piston device having an electromotor drive.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein said electromotor drive comprises batteries inserted into said housing (3) and wherein a charge level of said batteries is monitored by said control device (7).

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein said lubricant metering device (6) is a pump device having a gas generator drive or a piston device having a gas generator drive.