LUBRICATING

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:: ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
Subclass:: LUBRICATING

Description

F16N covers systems, methods, and devices for lubricating mechanical machinery and components to reduce friction and wear. This subclass encompasses lubricant application techniques, lubrication circuits, automatic lubrication systems, and related mechanical arrangements designed to deliver lubricants to moving parts in engines, transmissions, bearings, and industrial equipment. The classification includes both manual and automated lubrication mechanisms but excludes the chemical composition of lubricants themselves, which are addressed in C10M.

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 lubricants 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. | Limiting references: Lubricating compositions; Selection of particular substances as lubricants Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to a surface, to obtain an anti-friction surface Manufacture of articles or materials containing macromolecular substances and having reduced friction | Application references: Lubrication of harvesters or mowers Lubrication of mandrels for metal tube rolling mills Lubrication of rolls for metal rolling mills Lubrication of tools for machines for working metal without removing material Lubricating during forging or pressing Lubrication of moulds for continuous casting of metals Lubrication of milling-cutters Lubrication of metal saws , Lubrication of machine-tools , Lubrication of portable power-driven percussive tools Lubrication of hair-clippers or dry-shavers Lubrication of band saw blades for wood or the like Arrangements or adaptations of lubricating systems or devices in vehicles Lubrication of cable systems for railways Lubrication systems for railway locomotives Axle-box lubrication for rail vehicles Lubrication of rail or wheel flanges of railways Vehicle endless-track units with lubrication means Lubrication of cycles Lubrication of conveyers Lubrication of ropes, cables or guides of elevators Lubrication of spindles of machines for spinning or twisting threads or fibres Lubrication of knitting-machines Lubrication of sewing-machines Lubrication of embroidering-machines Lubrication of switches for railways Lubricating devices for locks Lubricating arrangements for hinges Lubricating details of roller drill bits for earth drilling Lubrication of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston machines or engines Lubrication of non-positive displacement machines or engines, e.g. steam turbines Lubrication of machines or apparatus working under extreme conditions, at high temperature, of turbines Lubrication of gas-turbine plants Lubrication of cylinders of combustion engines Lubrication of evacuating pumps Lubrication of pumps for elastic fluids Lubrication of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston pumps for elastic fluids Lubrication of non-positive displacement pumps Lubrication of flexible shafts Lubrication of sliding-contact bearings Lubrication of ball or roller bearings Lubrication of springs Lubrication of transmissions Oil separators for separating oil from exhaust steam Lubrication of refrigerating machines Lubrication of smallarms or ordnance Lubrication of clocks Lubrication of rotary anodes of X-ray tubes Lubrication of rotary current collectors, distributors or interrupters

Related Keywords

applying GREASE [= lubricating]LUBRICATION

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Child Classifications

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F16N 1/00 Constructional modifications of parts of machines or apparatus for the purpose of lubrication
F16N 11/00 Arrangements for supplying grease from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated; Grease cups
F16N 13/00 Lubricating-pumps
F16N 15/00 Lubrication with substances other than oil or grease; Lubrication characterised by the use of particular lubricants in particular apparatus or conditions
F16N 17/00 Lubrication of machines or apparatus working under extreme conditions
F16N 19/00 Lubricant containers for use in lubricators or lubrication systems
F16N 21/00 Conduits; Junctions; Fittings for lubrication apertures
F16N 23/00 Special adaptations of check valves
F16N 25/00 Distributing equipment
F16N 27/00 Proportioning devices
F16N 29/00 Special means in lubricating arrangements or systems providing for the indication or detection of undesired conditions; Use of devices responsive to conditions in lubricating arrangements or systems
F16N 3/00 Devices for supplying lubricant by manual action
F16N 31/00 Means for collecting, retaining, or draining-off lubricant in or on machines or apparatus
F16N 33/00 Mechanical arrangements for cleaning lubricating equipment; Special racks or the like for use in draining lubricant from machine parts
F16N 35/00 Storage of lubricants in engine-rooms or the like
F16N 37/00 Equipment for transferring lubricant from one container to another
F16N 39/00 Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system
F16N 5/00 Apparatus with hand-positioned nozzle supplied with lubricant under pressure
F16N 7/00 Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a stationary reservoir or the equivalent in or on the machine or member to be lubricated
F16N 9/00 Arrangements for supplying oil or unspecified lubricant from a moving reservoir or the equivalent