Patent ID: 9371963
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: F16N

Claim Text:
1. A lubricant distributor for conveying and distributing lubricant from a lubricant source via one or more lines to one or more lubricant supply points, the lubricant distributor comprising at least one removable or exchangeable modular rupture monitor and a basic distributor comprising at least one distributor outlet and a connection element assigned to each distributor outlet; wherein the basic distributor and the at least one line rupture monitor are removably connected to provide a rigid unit; wherein the at least one line rupture monitor comprises at least one line rupture monitor module, the line rupture monitor module removably connected to a connection element, for ease of combination of modules and retrofitting of modules, the rupture module removably assigned to a distributor outlet of the basic distributor and each of the at least one line rupture monitors comprises a detection device comprising electrical components, optical components, or both electrical and optical components and is configured and adapted to detect a pressure drop in the connection element, wherein each line rupture monitor module is operatively connected to a connection element, the connection element is configured in such a way that the lubricant is guided out of the distributor outlet via a bypass fluid path which is formed by an opening on the wall of the connection element, a hole section and a relief hole provided in the line rupture monitor module, the hole section is connected at one end to the opening and connected at another end to the relief hole.