Method of reattaching an end assembly to a well car

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8820613
APP PUB NO 20140166732A1
SERIAL NO

13717140

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A method of shortening an end of a well car includes removing a plurality of parts that would inhibit the shortening process; cutting a shear plate and a set of side sill angles at a location on the well side of the end assembly; detaching the end assembly from a main body of the well car; on each side of the main body: cutting the top tube at a location above a monument plate that is just beyond a reinforcement plate attached to the monument plate; cutting through a weld between the monument and reinforcement plates and a side sheet; cutting through the side sheet generally at the attachment location of the monument and reinforcement plates; and cutting the shear plate of the main body with a contoured cut such that the remaining shear plate has a contoured pattern substantially matching the cut shear plate under the removed end assembly.

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TTX COMPANYCHICAGO IL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Halliar, William R Whiting, US 13 131
Keating, Bruce E New Albany, US 5 56
Stec, Frank F Downers Grove, US 4 24

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