Lubricant supply apparatus for railroad turnout
AssigneeNabco Limited
InventorsHiroyuki Naito, Masao Omori
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Abstract
A lubricant supply apparatus includes a pump for discharging lubricant. The lubricant is supplied onto two rows of floor plates arranged on a row of ties. Two tongue rails are mounted on the two rows of floor plates in such a manner as to slide on the floor plates. Times at which the pump is to start operating are preset in a schedule timer. The schedule timer informs a lubricant supply timer when the pump should start operating.
Claims7
A lubricant supply apparatus for supplying lubricant between at least one row of a plurality of spaced-apart floor plates and at least one tongue rail disposed on said floor plates in such a manner as to slide on said floor plates;
- a pump for discharging said lubricant;
- first timer means in which a time of day at which said pump is to start operating is preset, said first timer means developing an output at said preset time of day;
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- second timer means responsive to said output of said first timer means to cause said pump to operate for a predetermined time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.