The invention provides an improvement in a slip ring (20) adapted to
provide electrical contact between a stator (21) and a rotor (22). The
improvement includes: a current-carrying conductor (23) mounted on the
stator; a brush tube (24) mounted on the conductor; a fiber bundle
composed of a number of individual fibers (26), the upper marginal end
portions of the fibers being received in said brush tube, a portion of
the brush tube being crimped or swaged to hold the upper marginal end
portions of said fibers therein, the lower ends of the fibers in the
bundle extending beyond said brush tube and being adapted to engage said
rotor; a collimator tube (25) surrounding a portion of the brush tube and
extending therebeyond, the lower end of the collimator tube being adapted
to limit lateral movement of the lower marginal end portions of said
fibers in said bundle when the rotor rotates relative to said stator; and
a fluid reservoir mounted on the collimator tube (28). The fluid may be
an lubricant, a corrosion inhibitor, a fluid having a high dielectric
strength additive to prevent arcing, or some other fluid.