Abstract: The “Gheorghe Vasilescu” lubrication apparatus comprises a shaft having a passageway therein and a sump for storing a lubricant. The sump has a substantially cylindrical form and includes a bottom and side walls. The sump is also configured to rotate about a central axis of the shaft. The side walls are provided with multiple parallel lugs on an inner surface of the side walls. The apparatus further includes a lubricant pickup tube having one end connected to the passageway and another end having an intake orifice. The lubricant pickup tube is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft, and the intake orifice is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft. The passageway is configured to deliver the lubricant from the sump to an outer surface of the shaft.

Abstract: The “Gheorghe Vasilescu” lubrication apparatus comprises a shaft having a passageway therein and a sump for storing a lubricant. The sump has a substantially cylindrical form and includes a bottom and side walls. The sump is also configured to rotate about a central axis of the shaft. The side walls are provided with multiple parallel lugs on an inner surface of the side walls. The apparatus further includes a lubricant pickup tube having one end connected to the passageway and another end having an intake orifice. The lubricant pickup tube is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft, and the intake orifice is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft. The passageway is configured to deliver the lubricant from the sump to an outer surface of the shaft.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing improved lubrication of a spline connection between a PTO driver and a bevel gearbox in which lubricant from the bevel gear housing is directed to a location above and radially outwardly from the splined connection and the apparatus then directs the lubricant flow toward the splined connection by force of gravity. The apparatus is configured to be self-aligning when installed in an existing receptacle in the gearbox housing thereby enabling the apparatus to be conveniently installed in a housing designed to utilize gearbox lubricant to lubricate the splines.

Abstract: An oil recovery device is disclosed. The oil recovery device includes two bearing supports mounted on an inter-turbine casing, a first bearing and a second bearing mounted on the bearing supports, a low-pressure turbine journal mounted rotating with respect to the inter-turbine casing, a fixed ferrule, and an oil passage provided in the low-pressure turbine journal making it possible to discharge the oil inside the fixed ferrule. The ferrule is preferentially widened from the end at which the oil is discharged.

Abstract: A lubrication apparatus is disclosed. The “Gheorghe Vasilescu” apparatus comprises a shaft having a passageway therein, a sump for storing a lubricant, and a lubricant pickup tube having one end connected to the passageway and another end having an intake orifice. The lubricant pickup tube and the shaft may be configured to rotate together as one assembly about the shaft axis. The lubricant pickup tube may be capable of picking up the lubricant from the sump due to the centrifugal force arising during such conjoint relative rotation. The passageway may be configured to deliver the lubricant from the sump to the outer surface of the shaft. The apparatus may further comprise at least one bearing. The shaft may be installed in the bearing. The shaft may be a part of an engine, a electric motor, a rotor, a turbine, a pivot, or alike. The passageway may have an S- or L-shape or any other appropriate form.

Abstract: The PRP separator-concentrator of this invention is suitable for office use or emergency use for trauma victims. The PRP separator comprises a motorized centrifugal separation assembly, and a concentrator assembly. The centrifugal separator assembly comprises a centrifugal drum separator that includes an erythrocyte capture module and a motor having a drive axis connected to the centrifugal drum separator. The concentrator assembly comprises a water-removal module for preparing PRP concentrate. The centrifugal drum separator has an erythrocyte trap. The water removal module can be a syringe device with water absorbing beads or it can be a pump-hollow fiber cartridge assembly. The hollow fibers are membranes with pores that allow the flow of water through the fiber membrane while excluding flow of clotting factors useful for sealing and adhering tissue and growth factors helpful for healing while avoiding activation of platelets and disruption of any trace erythrocytes present in the PRP.

Abstract: A device for lubricating a step-up/down mechanical assembly with a lubricating fluid has a collection reservoir, a circuit for distributing lubricating fluid, and a device for creating relative movement. The collection reservoir collects the lubricating fluid from the step-up/down mechanical assembly and is fixed to a structure of the step-up/down mechanical assembly. The circuit for distributing lubricating fluid has a scoop with a first end that enters the collection reservoir and rotates with respect to the structure. The relative movement device provides a relative movement between the first end of the scoop and the collection reservoir such that the scoop rotates about an axis of rotation relative to the structure. As a result of this movement, the lubricating fluid in the collection reservoir flows through the distribution circuit and is conveyed to an element of the step-up/down assembly that is to be lubricated.

Abstract: An oil-mist lubricator is provided that can stably supply oil mist uniform in particle diameter, and that can also be used for the supplying of cutting oil in minute-amount cutting. An oil-mist lubricator turns oil into oil mist after the oil is discharged from a fixed displacement pump that sucks a and discharges oil in an oil tank. In this lubricator, a cyclone is provided for selecting only oil mist having a suitable particle diameter from among the oil mist and discharging it under centrifugal force produced inside thereof. It is thus possible to separate the oil mist into smaller and larger mist particles under centrifugal force and stably supply oil mist that is small and uniform in particle diameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for lubricating a step-up/down mechanical assembly (2), particularly a transmission gearbox, which comprises a reservoir (5A) of lubricating fluid (H) and a distribution circuit (8) capable of supplying lubricating fluid (H) from said reservoir (5A) to at least one element (11) of said assembly (2) that is to be lubricated. According to the invention, the distribution circuit (8) comprises at least one scoop (9), one end (9A) of which enters the reservoir (5A), the lubricating device (1A) comprises means (10A) for creating a relative movement between said end (9A) of the scoop (9) and the reservoir (5A), and said relative movement causes a dynamic effect in the lubricating fluid (H) such that it causes lubricating fluid (H) to enter the scoop (9) and causes it to flow through the distribution circuit (8).

Abstract: A method for lubricating a part without leaving air bubbles includes the steps of assembling components so that an open end is formed for application of lubricating fluid and a fluid path is provided through which the lubricating fluid is to be circulated, introducing the lubricating fluid into the open end and applying a centrifugal force to the component by moving the component about a circular path so that the centrifugal force causes the lubricating fluid to be urged throughout the fluid path. The method is used in an embodiment to lubricate a dynamic pressure bearing having a gap between relatively moving parts. The gap has an open end into which the lubrication fluid is dripped and a closed end. During movement of the bearing about a circular path, the fluid is urged from the open end to the closed end.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a compressor has a first axially extending lubricant passage in the driveshaft located on the axis of rotation of the driveshaft. A second axially extending passage in the driveshaft is located radially outward from the first axially extending lubricant passage. An angular lubricant passage extends between the two axially extending passages. The angular lubricant passage pumps lubricant to the second axially extending passage while gas entrapped within the oil flows through the first axially extending lubricant passage.

Abstract: A device for deflecting a fluid flow comprises a casing having a circumferential wall defining a fluid passage, a rotating member disposed in the fluid passage for rotation about an axis substantially parallel to a flow of fluid within the fluid passage, a deflector extending radially from the rotating member for rotation therewith, and an outlet opening defined in the circumferential wall. The revolution of the deflector within the fluid passage forces the fluid to pass through the outlet opening where it can be collected by a strainer.

Abstract: A device for lubricating a rotatable member such as a hollow shaft on which another member is axially displaceable, has a lubricant container received in the hollow shaft and in which a piston is displaceable by a gas generated by a gas-generating cell or by a motor-driven spindle. The electrical circuit includes a centrifugal-force sensor received in the container and having switches connected in that circuit so that when a certain speed of rotation is reached, the lubricant is dispensed and the circuit is de-energized upon standstill.

Abstract: A lubrication system is adapted for continuously lubricating a loose spline connection wherein a collar connects to a pair of shafts and axially spaced bearings rotatably mounting the collar and shafts in a closed housing. The collar is spline connected to the shafts and includes a lubricant chamber intermediate the spaced shaft ends fed by an axial lubricant passage across a control orifice in one of the shafts. Rotation of the shafts and collar causes lubricant entering the chamber to be centrifugally discharged through a standpipe extending part way into the chamber from a collar wall and thereby flow to the bearings.

Abstract: A drive mechanism for a shaker conveyor is disclosed in which a drive unit is supported on a mounting beam and has an output crank connected through a pull rod to a conveyor trough such that the puller rod undergoes movement in a plane substantially parallel to the direction of movement of the trough. The drive unit is rotatable relative to the mounting beam in a manner to selectively vary the acceleration characteristics of the conveyor trough, and has a self-contained internal lubricating system which provides improved quiet operation.

Abstract: A dynamic bearing lubricant reservoir for permitting a continuous and centrifugally metered flow of lubricant to the active part of the bearing only when the bearing is in the dynamic state i.e. operating, for extending the life of the bearing without affecting its torque.