LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING

Classification Context

Section:

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

Class:

MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES

Subclass:

LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING

Scope Notes

Glossary: Lubrication Apparatus, arrangements or methods for introducing or applying a thin layer of a discrete lubricant between two or more relatively-moving adjacent solid surfaces of a device or apparatus, for the specific purpose of reducing friction, heat or wear between the adjacent surfaces. Lubricant Any fluid (e.g. water, oil), fluent material (e.g. particulate graphite), semi-fluid material (e.g. oil with thickener), or semisolid material (e.g. grease), or any mixture of such types of substance, which is used for the specific purpose of lubrication. Engine engines A device for continuously converting fluid energy into mechanical power. Thus, this term includes, for example, steam piston engines or steam turbines per se, or internal-combustion piston engines, but it excludes single-stroke devices. Pump pumps A device for continuously raising, forcing, compressing or exhausting fluid by mechanical or other means. Thus, this term includes fans or blowers. This term also includes methods of operation, unless otherwise specifically provided for. Machine machines A device which could equally be an engine or a pump, but not a device which is restricted to an engine or one which is restricted to a pump. Positive displacement The way the energy of a working fluid is transformed into mechanical energy, in which variations of volume created by the working fluid in a working chamber produce equivalent displacements of the mechanical member transmitting the energy, the dynamic effect of the fluid being of minor importance, and vice-versa. Non-positive displacement The way the energy of a working fluid is transformed into mechanical energy, by transformation of the energy of the working fluid into kinetic energy, and vice-versa. Working fluid The driven fluid in a pump or the driving fluid in an engine. The working fluid may be in a gaseous state, i.e. compressible, or liquid. In the former case coexistence of two states is possible. | Limiting references: Arrangement of lubricant coolers in engine cooling systems | Application references: Lubrication of steam engines Lubrication of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston machines or engines Lubrication of non-positive displacementmachines or engines, e.g. steam turbines Lubrication of gas-turbine plants Lubrication of cylinders of combustion engines Lubrication of pumps for elastic fluids Lubrication of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston pumps for elastic fluids Lubrication of non-positive displacementpumps

Child Classifications

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• F01M 1/00 Pressure lubrication
• F01M 11/00 Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups
• F01M 13/00 Crankcase ventilating or breathing
• F01M 3/00 Lubrication specially adapted for engines with crankcase compression of fuel-air mixture, or for other engines in which lubricant is contained in fuel, combustion air, or fuel-air mixture
• F01M 5/00 Heating, cooling, or controlling temperature of lubricant; Lubrication means facilitating engine starting
• F01M 7/00 Lubrication means specially adapted for machine or engine running-in
• F01M 9/00 Lubrication means having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups