Patent ID: 8783417
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: F16K,F16N

Abstract:
1. A minimal lubrication device comprising a lubricant fluid storage reservoir; a modular element; and means for raising the pressure of a lubricant fluid fed from the lubricant storage reservoir to at least one modular element, the modular element comprising wherein the flow regulator comprises a movable valving element at least partly housable within a sized hole and movable therein via a control stem, wherein the flow regulator further comprises a bush abutting the modular element to act as an upper travel limit for the movable valving element, the sized hole communicating at one end with the delivery of said pressurized lubricant and at the other end with an outlet of said flow regulator, said stem having at least one portion of conical profile insertable into said sized hole, wherein said at least one portion of conical profile has a surface inclined to the axis of the valving element by an angle between 0.1 deg and 2 deg.