Patent ID: 6820724
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: F16C,F16N

Abstract:
A lubricant applying apparatus for applying lubricant to a rolling bearing, comprising:a table disposing said rolling bearing thereon; a lubricant discharge nozzle having at least one discharge port, said lubricant discharge nozzle discharging a prescribed amount of said lubricant in a state that said lubricant discharging port is located above a rolling element of the said rolling bearing; an application control unit, that moves at least one of said lubricant discharge nozzle and said rolling element with respect to one another, and that provides a discharge command to said lubricant discharge nozzle; and a sensor detecting a position of said rolling element during the rotation of said rolling bearing, wherein said table is a rotating table rotating said rolling bearing about a center axis thereof as a rotation axis, and wherein said application control unit receives a signal representing that said sensor detects the position of said rolling element, and moves at least one of said lubricant discharge nozzle and said rolling element with respect to one another after stopping the rotation of said rotating table.