LUBRICATING DEVICE WITH A CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING THE LUBRICATING PUMP
First Claim
1. A lubricating device including a lubricant pump, a lubricant reservoir for supplying lubricant to a machine to be lubricated, a control unit for determining an operating state of a machine and for operating the lubricant pump based on the signals of at least one sensor configured to detect emissions emanating from the machine to be lubricated, and a housing configured to be attached to a lubrication nozzle of the machine to be monitored, whereina reading of the signals of the sensor by the control unit is limited to a predetermined set of time windows with a predetermined width, and wherein the time windows are separated by an interval where the signals of the sensor are not read.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a lubricating device that includes a lubricant pump, a lubricant reservoir for supplying lubricant to a machine to be lubricated, a control unit for determining an operating state of a machine and for operating the lubricant pump based on the signals of at least one sensor configured to detect emissions emanating from the machine to be lubricated, and a housing configured to be attached to a lubrication nozzle of the machine to be monitored. It is proposed that a reading of the signals of the sensor by the control unit is limited to a predetermined set of time windows with a predetermined width, wherein the time windows are separated by an interval where the signals of the sensor are not read.
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1. A lubricating device including a lubricant pump, a lubricant reservoir for supplying lubricant to a machine to be lubricated, a control unit for determining an operating state of a machine and for operating the lubricant pump based on the signals of at least one sensor configured to detect emissions emanating from the machine to be lubricated, and a housing configured to be attached to a lubrication nozzle of the machine to be monitored, wherein
a reading of the signals of the sensor by the control unit is limited to a predetermined set of time windows with a predetermined width, and wherein the time windows are separated by an interval where the signals of the sensor are not read.
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