HEATED LUBRICANT PUMP

• Main Authors: WU, Jibao, TIAN, Jin, SONG, Xiaochuang, YOU, Zaixing
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.11.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; LUBRICATING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A lubricant pump comprising a pump base having an upper wall, a reservoir housing mounted on the pump base, the reservoir housing and the upper wall defining a wet portion of the lubricant pump, a first pump element at least partially disposed in the wet portion, a first heating element disposed in the wet portion to be exposed to lubricant, the first heating element disposed between the first pump element and the upper wall, and a thermal switch disposed in the pump base and in a dry portion of the lubricant pump, the thermal switch electrically connected to the first heating element and configured to control activation and deactivation of the first heating element, a plug mounted to the upper wall and fluidly separating the wet portion within which the lubricant is disposed and the dry portion, and a power line extending between the thermal switch and the first heating element, the power line extending through a wire bore in the plug..