Patent ID: 9046217
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: F16H,F16N

Abstract:
1. An automatic lubricant dispensing device, comprising: a bracket; a lubricant supplying device mounted on a first end of the bracket; a dispensing gear disposed on a second end of the bracket; a guiding arrangement moveably mounted on the bracket, and including a pair of guiding rollers arranged coplanarly; wherein a space is defined between the dispensing gear and the pair of guiding rollers in which a rack to be lubricated can fit therein, and the dispensing gear is adapted to mesh with the rack to be lubricated; wherein the lubricant supplying device evenly dispenses a lubricant over teeth of the rack by the dispensing gear which is properly meshed with the rack; wherein the lubricant supplying device includes a lubricant reservoir with the lubricant stored therein; a lubricant pump for pumping the lubricant out of the reservoir; a conduit coupled to the pump so as to dispense the lubricant; and a flat nozzle terminated to the conduit for dispensing lubricant to the dispensing is closely in contact; and wherein further comprises a linkage having one end in contact with a sidewall of the dispensing gear, and the other end interconnected to the pump such that when the dispensing gear moves, the pump is activated so as to pump out the lubricant.