Automatic journal box oiling apparatus

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR OILING RAILWAY CAR JOURNAL BOXES AS THE CAR MOVES ALONG A TRACK, SAID JOURNAL BOXES BEING NORMALLY CLOSED BY LIDS HINGED TO THE UPPER PORTIONS THEREOF ON HORIZONTAL AXES GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID TO TRACK FOR OUTWARD AND UPWARD SWINGING MOVEMENTS, SAID LIDS EACH HAVING A DEPENDING LOWER EDGE PORTION THE INNER SURFACE OF WHICH IS ENGAGEABLE TO EXERT OPENING PRESSURE ON THE LID, SAID OILING APPARATUS COMPRISING, MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT THE TRACK FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPENING THE JOURNAL BOX LID OF EACH SUCCESSIVE JOURNAL BOX AS THE CAR MOVES THEREPAST, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A LID OPENING ELEMENT DISPOSED AND ARRANGED TO PROGRESSIVELY ENGAGE SAID INNER SURFACE AND OPEN SAID LID, AND MEANS FOR INJECTING OIL INTO EACH JOURNAL BOX WHEN EACH SAID LID IS OPEN, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS INCLUDING A CONTROL ELEMENT DISPOSED IN THE GENERAL PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE JOURNAL BOX LID IN ITS OPEN POSITION TO BE ACTUATED THEREBY.