Patent ID: 6631787
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B25D,F16N,Y10S

Abstract:
A lubrication system for vibratory apparatus, said system comprising an expansible chamber pump having a movable pump member for pumping lubricant from a supply thereof to one or more points of lubrication of said apparatus, and a drive for said pump powered in response to the vibration of said apparatus, the drive comprising a weight adapted to oscillate in first and second directions in response to the vibration of said apparatus, a rotatable shaft, a first one-way clutch connected to said weight and adapted to engage the shaft for rotating the shaft upon oscillation of the weight in said first direction and to disengage the shaft upon oscillation of the weight in said second direction, and a second one-way clutch adapted to engage the shaft when the first one-way clutch is disengaged to prevent retrograde rotation of the shaft.