Patent ID: RE40898

Claim:
A lubricating device for a plurality of lubricating stations, in particular for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubricating stations in a knitting machine, having a pump device ( 7 a) for pumping lubricant, the pump device having a piston ( 21 ) supported axially displaceably in a cylinder ( 8 ), and having a distributor device ( 7 b), by which the lubricant pumped by the piston ( 21 ) is to be distributed to one or more lines ( 5 ) of a group ( 4 ) of lines ( 5 ) leading away from the distributor device ( 7 b), characterized in that the distributor device ( 7 b) is part of the pump device ( 7 a), and the piston ( 21 ) is connected to a locking device ( 46 , 48 ), which serves to arrest the piston ( 21 ) in a manner fixed against relative rotation in selected rotary positions, while allowing an axial motion.