Patent ID: 8544607
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: B61K

Abstract:
1. A non-freight carrying intermodal container system with a lubrication system therein for lubricating a pair of rails of a train track, the container system comprising: a non-freight carrying body formed from a top wall, a bottom wall, front wall, back wall, and side walls connected by a frame, the body configured to house the lubrication system; corner fittings at each corner of the body forming the intermodal container, the corner fittings comprising a plurality of connection openings, and the lubrication system comprising at least a lubricant holding tank inside of the body for holding lubricant, a lubricant dispensing pump for pumping lubricant from the tank, and one or more hoses connected to the lubricant holding tank for directing a flow of the lubricant to one or more nozzles connected to the one or more hoses, wherein the container is provided on a car for moving the container along the train track, wherein the one or more nozzles are configured to distribute and direct the flow of lubricant towards wheels of the car and onto at least a top of the pair of rails, and wherein the one or more nozzles are mounted on trucks carrying the wheels of car using a magnetic mounting base and surrounding plates, each magnetic mounting base positioned above an axle of the wheel and the surrounding plates attached to either side of the trucks to assist in stabilizing the magnetic mounting base above the axle and on the truck.