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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A Mulvihill, Beaumont, TX (US);
Arnold C Witte, Jr, Port Neches, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 / ; 252 / ;
Abstract
An aqueous top of rail lubricant comprises a synthetic lubricant, a synthetic thickener, propylene glycol and ethanol. The lubricating composition is consumed in 5 to 15 minutes in the heat generated by a passing train. The lubricant is environmentally innocuous.