Lubricating means for a power transmission

Claim 1

IN A POWER TRANSMISSION HAVING A CASING PROVIDED WITH A SUMP IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF ADAPTED TO CONTAIN LUBRICANT AT A CERTAIN NORMAL OPERATING LEVEL AND A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE MACHINE PARTS ABOVE THE NORMAL OPERATING LEVEL OF THE LUBRICANT REQUIRING LUBRICATION; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE MACHINE PARTS WITH LUBRICANT UNDER PRESSURE WHENEVER THE POWER TRANSMISSION IS IN OPERATION INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING A BORE EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY THERETHROUGH, ONE END OF SAID MEMBER SERVING AS A LUBRICANT INLET AND THE OPPOSITE END SERVING AS A LUBRICANT OUTLET, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER BEING HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED IN SAID SUMP AND HAVING A LOWER PORTION THEREOF BELOW THE NORMAL OPERATING LEVEL OF THE LUBRICANT IN SAID SUMP, A CYLINDRICAL ELEMENT EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY INTO SAID BORE HAVING A SCREW THREAD FORMED ON ITS OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACE, BEARING MEANS ADJACENT SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SAID CYLINDRICAL ELEMENT, SAID MEMBER AND ELEMENT BEING RELATIVELY ROTATABLE ABOUT A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING AXIS WHEN THE POWER TRANSMISSION IS IN OPERATION TO EFFECT DISPLACEMENT OF LUBRICANT ALONG THE WALL OF SAID MEMBER DEFINING SAID BORE TO FORCE LUBRICANT UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID LUBRICANT OUTLET AND THROUGH SAID BEARING MEANS, AND DUCT MEANS IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID BEARING MEANS AND SAID PLURALITY OF SAID RELATIVELY MOVABLE MACHINE PARTS.