Patent ID: 9162233
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B04B,F16C

Abstract:
1. A separator comprising: a centrifugal drum having a vertical axis of rotation and an inflow line for a material to be processed by the separator; a drive spindle for the centrifugal drum rotatably mounted via a mounting to a housing supported elastically on a machine stand section, the mounting having an upper bearing and a lower bearing; a drive device including a motor and a drive belt looping around the drive spindle; the entire mounting is arranged above the motor or the drive belt; a lubricant system configured to lubricate the mounting and including a lubricant circuit and a lubricant collecting container, the lubricant circuit including a tube arranged in the lubricant collecting container, a lubricant duck formed in the housing and connected to the tube and extending into a region of or above the upper bearing of the mounting, wherein the lubricant collecting container is torus-shaped such that a diameter of the lubricant collecting container is greater than an axial dimension of the lubricant collecting container and has boundary walls tapering upwardly and downwardly; the entire lubricant circuit and at least the lubricant collecting container being arranged axially above one or both of a belt pulley and the drive belt that surrounds the drive spindle; and the entire mounting of the drive spindle is arranged axially above a bottom of the lubricant collecting container.