Patent ID: 7117976

Claim:
A lubricating system affixed to and rotating with a rotary shaft having a plurality of lubricated bearings, the lubricating system comprising: a first bracket portion; a second bracket portion diametrically opposite said first bracket portion, and coplanar therewith; a third bracket portion, axially spaced apart from said first bracket portion and parallel thereto; a fourth bracket portion diametrically opposite said third bracket portion, and coplanar therewith; each said bracket portion having a semicircular configuration with a first end, a second end opposite said first end, an inner diameter adapted for mounting on the rotary shaft, and an outer diameter larger than said inner diameter; each said bracket portion further including at least one automatic lubricator passage disposed therethrough, between said inner diameter and said outer diameter; an automatic lubricator disposed within each said automatic lubricator passage; a lubrication line extending from each said automatic lubricator to each of the rotary shaft bearings; a plurality of bracket portion spacer fittings for securing together and spacing apart said first and said third bracket portion from one another, and for securing together and spacing apart said second and said fourth bracket portion from one another; and a plurality of bracket portion clamp fittings for securing said first and said second bracket portion together and for securing said second and said fourth bracket portion together, and clamping the rotary shaft immovably within and relative to said first through said fourth bracket portion.