Patent ID: 7428949

Claim:
An apparatus having an arrangement of lubricating grease inside the housing of a gear unit, comprising: the gear unit having rotatable components, wherein, prior to the initial startup of the gear unit, the lubricating grease is enclosed by at least one grease pouch, wherein the at least one grease pouch is arranged in the housing of the gear unit wherein at least one face edge of the grease pouch lies in contact with at least a gear wheel of the rotatable component, wherein the lubricating grease is located in the gear unit of a jack, wherein the gear unit is at least partially arranged inside a gear chamber formed by a support tube and a gear cover, has a shaft configured with a first bevel gear, wherein the first bevel gear meshes with a second bevel gear that is non-rotatably mounted on the gear-side end of a spindle, and an inner tube supported in the support tube and engaging with the spindle via a spindle nut can be telescoped in an extension direction by a rotation of the shaft in a first direction of rotation, and wherein the grease pouch is inserted into the gear chamber with at least one edge on the first bevel gear or the second bevel gear or both the first bevel gear and second bevel gear.