Patent ID: 8789657

Claim:
A lubrication apparatus, comprising: a shaft having a passageway therein; a sump for storing a lubricant, the sump has a substantially cylindrical form and includes a bottom and side walls, wherein the side walls includes a ring of multiple parallel lugs on an inner surface of the side walls, wherein the sump being configured to rotate about a central axis of the shaft; and a lubricant pickup tube having a first end connected to the passageway and a second end having an intake orifice, the lubricant pickup tube being substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft, and wherein the intake orifice being substantially tangential to the central axis of the shaft; wherein the lugs being arranged so as to face the second end of the lubricant pickup tube, and wherein the passageway being configured to deliver the lubricant from the sump to an outer surface of the shaft.