Patent ID: 6725973
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
An automatic wire lubricating device, comprising:(a) first and second components each including a body section of semi-cylindrical configuration having a pair of opposite ends and respective flat end faces on said opposite ends, each of said body sections defining a portion of a continuous cylindrical interior reservoir formed by said body sections when assembled together at said flat end faces thereof; (b) means for detachably fastening said body sections of said first and second components together when said body sections are assembled together at said flat end faces to releasably secure said body sections into an annular body having a cylindrical configuration and defining a central opening, said annular body also having a longitudinal central axis extending through said central opening and between axially displaced opposite ends of said annular body, said means for detachably fastening said body sections together including (i) hollow sleeves attached at said opposite ends of each of said body sections and partially projecting beyond said flat end faces of said body sections such that said sleeves are aligned axially with one another in pairs along opposite side axes which extend substantially parallel to said longitudinal central axis of said annular body and lie substantially in a common plane formed by said flat end faces when said body sections of said first and second components are assembled together into said annular body, and (ii) a pair of pins each inserted through one of said pairs of aligned hollow sleeves along said one of said opposite side axes for releasably securing said assembled body sections of said first and second components together into said annular body; (c) a coupler on an outer circumferential side of said body section of said first component connected in flow communication with said interior reservoir and adapted for attachment to a soap line coming from a pump; (d) means defined through said body sections extending from said interior reservoir to said central opening for providing flow communication from said interior reservoir to said central opening when said body sections are fastened together; and (e) a threaded cylindrical nipple, concentric about said longitudinal axis of said annular body, formed by one of said axially displaced ends of said annular body formed by said assembled body sections of said first and second components for attaching a member thereon to facilitate application of soap on wire during a vertical pull thereof through said cylindrical nipple and said central opening of said annular body.