SAVING OIL.
NEW LUBRICATING INVENTION. A saving of millions of quarts ol lubricating nil and of millions of dollars in money is predicted as a result ol the invention by the Westingllouse Electric and .Manufacturing Co. of what is said to he the first sealed sleeve hearing in the historv of industry (reports “Science Service”). 'file new device prevents waste by sealing the oil in anil the dirt out of flic bearing. Tile new bearing is said to lie no more complicated than the conventional sleeve type motor bearing, lint it is claimed to be immune from injury due to dirt present, in the air surrounding tin* motor, since no air enters the bearing. (’lean oil is always present- between the bearing and the shaft, and the life of the oil is determined not by the amount of impurities it contains, but bv the time required for the oil as n lubricating medium to break down.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1924, Page 3
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156SAVING OIL. Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1924, Page 3
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