Patent ID: 11965502
Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 16:
17. A housing for a lubricant supply device for supplying a consumer with a lubricant, the housing comprising:
a cylindrical side wall surrounding a storage space and a pump space, the side wall having an inner surface, an outer surface, a top end and a bottom end,
a cover at the top end,
a base wall at the bottom end,
an outer wall overlying a portion of the outer surface of the side wall and radially spaced from the outer surface of the side wall and defining with the outer surface of the side wall an intermediate space,
a passage in the side wall extending from the inner surface of the side wall to the outer surface of the side wall and fluidically connecting the storage space to the intermediate space, and
an opening connecting the intermediate space to an environment outside the lubricant supply device,
wherein the cover overlies a top end of the intermediate space and the base wall lies under a bottom end of the intermediate space.