Patent ID: 7845470

Claim:
A lubricating device, comprising: first and second gear stages mounted next to one another and dynamically connected to one another, said first gear stage having a planet gear, said second gear stage having a spur gear; a lubricant circuit having at least one filter therein, having a lubricant supply for providing lubricant to said first gear stage, having a lubricant removal for removing lubricant from said second gear stage, and circulating lubricant drawn from said lubricant removal to said filter for cleaning and then to said lubricant supply; and an immersion bath receiving individually and at least partially each of said gear stages for said gear stages to pass through said immersion bath for splash lubrication of said gear stages, said immersion bath having a lubricant reserve and a subdivision separating said immersion bath into first and second bath areas for said first and second gear stages, respectively, said subdivision having a configuration and said lubricant reserve having an amount such that lubricant overflows said subdivision to be conveyed from said first bath area to said second bath area, said first bath area having said lubricant supply, said second bath area having said lubricant removal.