Bearing support and lubrication arrangement for use in a dynamoelectric machine

Claim 1

IN A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING A ROTATABLE MEMBER, AT LEAST ONE END FRAME FOR ROTATABLY JOURNALLING THE MEMBER COMPRISING AN OUTER ELONGATED HOUSING; FIRST AND SECOND HUB SECTIONS INTEGRALLY JOINED TOGETHER SPACED INWARDLY FROM SAID HOUSING: SAID HUB SECTIONS HAVING MEANS FOR JOURNALLING THE ROTATABLE MEMBER; SAID FIRST HUB SECTION INCLUDING AN UNOBSTRUCTED SPACE THEREIN COMMUNICATING WITH THE JOURNALLING MEANS TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE ROTATABLE MEMBER; A FIRST WEB CONNECTING SAID FIRST HUB SECTION AND HOUSING TOGETHER AT AN ANGULAR LOCATION REMOTE FROM SAID SPACE; A SECOND WEB AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST WEB CONNECTING A PORTION OF SAID SECOND SECTION AXIALLY ADJACENT SAID SPACE, WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND WEBS BEING IN GENERALLY ANGULAR COMPLEMENTING RELATION; A GENERALLY T-SHAPED WICK HAVING TRANSVERSE LEGS EXTENDING BEYOND THE SIDES OF SAID SPACE IN SAID FIRST HUB SECTION AND HAVING A CENTRAL LEG DEPENDING THROUGH SAID SPACE ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR FURNISHING LUBRICANT THERETO; FIRST LUBRICANT ABSORBENT MEANS DISPOSED OUTWARDLY OF SAID FIRST HUB SECTION WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND CONTACTING SAID WICK FOR TRANSFERRING LUBRICANT THERETO; SECOND LUBRICANT ABSORBENT MEANS ARRANGED BETWEEN THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID HOUSING AND THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SECOND HUB SECTION REMOTE FROM SAID SECOND WEB; SAID FIRST AND SECOND LUBRICANT ABSORBENT MEANS BEING IN COMMUNICATION FOR TRANSFERRING LUBRICANT THEREBETWEEN BY CAPILLARY ACTION.