Patent ID: 6161650
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: F16H,F16N

Abstract:
A wheel case for use on a vibratory device for vibrating aggregate material, the vibratory device having a frame and a rotating shaft extending transversely across the frame, the shaft being rotatably supported on bearings and having a wheel moveable through a circular path, the wheel case comprising:a housing having a base wall, a cover wall, and an interconnecting sidewall extending a first distance between the base wall and the cover wall, the housing being sized to receive therein the wheel and the bearings and further being adapted to contain therein a quantity of lubricating oil for lubricating the wheel and the bearings; anda baffle mounted to the housing, the baffle extending inwardly into the housing a second distance less than the first distance and having a portion disposed adjacent the wheel path, the baffle being adapted to distribute lubricating oil from the baffle to the bearings in response to rotation of the wheel.