Portec Rail Products, Inc.

Frank T Lenco

John W Mospan

W Thomas Urmson, Jr

Ward Powell

William T Urmson

An applicator () for applying a friction modifying material to the top of rails (). The wayside applicator includes an applicator bar () that has a dam for holding friction modifying material.

Top of rail applicator

A skirt for use on an applicator bar, wherein the applicator bar includes a body and a flow passageway having an exit end defined in the body, and wherein a second section of the skirt defining a lip is adapted to coact with the body so that the second section is positioned adjacent the exit end of the body.

Skirt for top of rail applicator

A retrofit for an actuator element in a railway track lubricating apparatus for applying lubricant to a rail of a railway track includes a housing with a chamber, an enclosure block, a spacer element for occupying the space in existing actuator elements, a T-shaped plunger with a base adjacent a coil spring, and an actuator stem movable in a bore in the top of the housing, and wherein the stem is supported by and in sealed communication with a bushing that is placed within the cavity of the bore. A hydraulic fluid inlet opening is located at the bottom of the housing and a hydraulic fluid outlet opening is located at the top of the housing. A second embodiment provides an actuator element for use in new lubricating systems whereby the actuator element is mounted onto the rail and does not involve a spacer element in the chamber of the actuator element.

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Frank T Lenco