Top of rail applicator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10960907
APP PUB NO 20190126953A1
SERIAL NO

16203797

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A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifices. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. Passageway extend from an inlet or entry orifice to the exit orifices. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the entry orifice, through the passageways to the exit orifices and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.

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WHITMORE MANUFACTURING LLC930 WHITMORE DRIVE ROCKWALL TX 75087

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adkins, Kevin Ray Huntington, US 2 1
Anderson, Steve Donald Rockwall, US 1 0
Chiddick, Kelvin Maple Ridge, CA 8 30
Krinker, Randall Garland, US 8 10
Wilson, Kyle Rockwall, US 14 21

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