Patent ID: 7040452

Claim:
A device for distributing lubricants in grooved rails, comprising: an elongated plate adapted to be arranged in the groove of the rail and having a plurality of cutouts at least along one longitudinal edge, said cutouts starting at the longitudinal edge and being open-edged, the lubricant being supplied to said cutouts so that the lubricant flows out through the open edges of said cutouts, and wherein the open-edged cutouts of the elongated plate are covered by a cover plate which is constructed so as to be elastic at least in the covering area wherein the elongated plate has cutouts on two opposing long edges, and wherein the cover plate which is constructed so as to be elastic in the area in which it covers the open-edged cutouts is covered by a substantially I-shaped plate, wherein the width(s) of the web of this I-shaped plate substantially covers the minimum distance between the open-edged cutouts of the plate having the open-edged cutouts located opposite one another.