Device, system and method for lubricating a railway switch
AssigneeRailway Robotics AS
InventorJørgen Torgersen
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Abstract
A device is for lubricating a railway switch, the device being remotely controllable and configured for moving on a railway track. The device has a container for lubricant and at least one nozzle configured for lubricating the railway switch with the lubricant. A system includes the device and a controller for remotely controlling said device. A method is for lubricating a railway switch, wherein the method includes the steps of remotely directing the device to the railway switch, remotely instructing the device to lubricate the railway switch, and remotely directing the device away from the railway switch to avoid hindering train traffic through the switch.
Claims14
A device for lubricating a railway switch, the device being remotely controllable and configured for moving on a railway track,
- wherein the device comprises a container for lubricant and at least one nozzle configured for lubricating the railway switch with the lubricant,
- wherein the at least one nozzle is further configured for providing a variable lubrication width.
A system comprising a device for lubricating a railway switch, the device being remotely controllable and configured for moving on a railway track,
- wherein the device comprises a container for lubricant and at least one nozzle configured for lubricating the railway switch with the lubricant,
- wherein the at least one nozzle is further configured for providing a variable lubrication width and a controller for remotely controlling said device.
A method for lubricating a railway switch, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- remotely directing a device for lubricating the railway switch, the device being remotely controllable and configured for moving on a railway track, wherein the device comprises a container for lubricant and at least one nozzle configured for lubricating the railway switch with the lubricant, wherein the at least one nozzle is further configured for providing a variable lubrication width to the railway switch;
- remotely instructing the device to lubricate the railway switch;
- and
- remotely directing the device away from the railway switch to avoid hindering train traffic through said railway switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.