Patent ID: 8469150

Claim:
Lubricant distributor with a progressive distributor and a single-line metering valve for delivering a metered amount of lubricant to the progressive distributor, wherein an outlet of the single-line metering valve is in fluidic connection, or can be brought into fluidic connection, with an inlet of the progressive distributor, and wherein the single-line metering valve comprises a valve housing with a cylindrical cavity in which a differential piston is movably seated in a sealed state and in which a valve piston is in turn movable between a position opening a flow passage through the differential piston and a position cutting off the flow passage through differential piston against the force of a restoring force, wherein the differential piston has a smaller end face and a larger end face, and wherein the smaller end face and valve piston delimit an inlet chamber and the larger end face delimits an outlet chamber, and wherein an adjustable stop is provided in a movement path of the differential piston to adjust the metered amount of lubricant delivered by the single-line metering valve to the progressive distributor.