Patent ID: 7886874

Claim:
A lubrication device for lubrication of the contact area of the flange of a railway vehicle wheel, wherein the railway vehicle includes a brake system having a brake beam head, said brake beam head being configured to providing a support surface for receiving a brake shoe in supporting relation thereto, said brake beam head having first and second key receiving channel portions underlying said support surface and having an entrance end for insertion of a key having an elongated shank for locking said brake shoe to said support surface, said brake shoe including a retainer bracket positioned between said, first and second channel portions and having openings positioned to retain a key advanced through said first and second channel portions when said brake shoe is positioned in said support surface, a key having an elongated shank for insertion through said first and second channel portions and the openings of said retainer bracket to lock said brake shoe to said brake beam head, said lubrication device comprising an arm projecting towards the flange of said wheel and having a distal end having a lubricant pad affixed thereto for engagement with the wheel flange and a proximal end having a mounting connector for securing said arm to said brake beam head, said mounting connector having an elongated body configured to fit within the entrance to said first channel portion in side-by-side relation to the shank of said key; wherein the device is configured so that the key that locks the brake shoe to the support surface may be withdrawn from the first channel portion to release said mounting connector while still retaining the brake shoe on said brake beam head.