Inventors:
David John Scott - Washington IL, US
International Classification:
F16K 31/02, F16N 7/36, G01F 22/00
Abstract:
An automatic remote grease reservoir filling system is provided for mobile machinery which has an installed automatic grease lubrication system. The filling system allows for an indication of low, prior to empty, reservoir quantity status to an operator station of the mobile machinery, which in turn allows for maintenance refill planning to occur in parallel with continued machine operation. An indication of full reservoir status can be made known remotely in the vicinity of a remote fill point, and other points as desired, distanced physically and or visually from the reservoir. Refill operations can be made remotely at the remote fill point which is distanced physically and or visually from the reservoir. Refill of the reservoir will stop automatically when full capacity is reached, prior to spillage. A replenishment flow can be manually shutoff at the fill point even though external supply flow pressure continues.