Patent ID: 8266978

Claim:
A gear train assembly, comprising: a first gear having teeth on an outer periphery thereof; a second gear having teeth on an outer periphery thereof configured to mesh with the teeth on the outer periphery of the first gear; a first lubricant receiver configured to catch lubricant from the first gear before an engagement portion where the first gear and the second gear mesh; a second lubricant receiver configured to catch lubricant from the first gear after the engagement portion; and a third lubricant receiver configured to catch lubricant from the second gear, wherein a minimum distance between the second lubricant receiver and the first gear is less than a distance between the first lubricant receiver and the first gear at every position of the first lubricant receiver so that lubricant at the second receiver is applied to the first gear, and wherein a minimum distance between the second gear and the third lubricant receiver is substantially the same as the minimum distance between the second lubricant receiver and the first gear.