Use of no-bake mold process to manufacture railroad couplers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9079590
APP PUB NO 20150048044A1
SERIAL NO

14337722

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A railroad coupler assembly having at least a body and a knuckle both formed in a no-bake manufacturing process, the body and the knuckle having dimensional tolerances of distances between features that wear during operation that are about half those obtained from a body and a knuckle manufactured by a green sand process, resulting in increased fatigue life compared to the body and the knuckle manufactured by a green sand process.

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  • BEDLOE INDUSTRIES LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gibeaut, Arthur A Erie, US 5 84
Nibouar, F Andrew Chicago, US 55 380
Sellberg, Ronald P Naperville, US 23 374
Smerecky, Jerry R Roselle, US 42 461

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