Patent ID: 7261636

Claim:
A drive, comprising: a drive housing which forms an interior and is at least partially filled with a lubricant; a first shaft rotatably supported in the drive housing around a longitudinal axis, said first shaft extends out of the interior and comprises first longitudinal teeth, said longitudinal teeth connected, in a rotationally fast way, to a second shaft having second longitudinal teeth forming a complement to said first longitudinal teeth, said second shaft connected, in a rotationally fast way, to the first shaft by means of the first and second longitudinal teeth; one of said first and second shafts comprises a receiving bore arranged coaxially relative to the longitudinal axis, one of said first and second longitudinal teeth in said receiving bore for enabling insertion on the other shaft via its longitudinal teeth; lubricant guiding mechanism in the first shaft or in the drive housing, said guiding mechanism, in a connected condition of the two shafts, connects the interior of the drive housing to the receiving bore in one of said first and second shafts; a valve integrated into the guiding mechanism, said valve can be set between a closed position, for closing the lubricant guiding mechanism, and an open position, said valve being transferable from the closed position into the open position by connecting the first shaft to the second shaft.