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Abstract

The instant invention is a lubricating system used in a braiding machine having a pair of relatively rotating parts sliding on each other at a location. The system has a stationary tube shaft extending vertically as a single piece along an axis and formed with a passage having an axially extending section and, extending therefrom, a radially outwardly open section. A pump supplies a lubricant fluid under pressure to the axially extending passage section and a distributor star fixed to one of the parts has a flow passage with a radially outer end at the location and a radially inner end. A bearing supports the star on the shaft for rotation about the axis with the inner passage end of the star opening into the outwardly open passage section of the shaft so that fluid from the pump flows along the shaft passage and then along the star passage to the location. Seals between the star and the shaft axially flank the inner passage end of the star.

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First Claim