Magnetic skirt product protection assembly for transporting on railroad cars
CA 2079167 A1 · Owner: Sims, Roger D. · Inventors: Newman, Ronald R.; Sims, Roger D.; Sims, Roger D.
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Abstract, A magnetic skirt assembly is provided which is used as a metallic particle and grit collector on a railroad car to protect transported products. The magnetic skirt (20) includes a supporting frame structure (21) and a magnetic material (36) operatively attached thereto. The magnetic skirt is installed on the underside of the railroad car, preferably one skirt at each end of the railroad car adjacent to the outboard side of the wheel trucks. The magnetic skirts of the invention attract and collect fine metallic particles and grit on their magnetic surfaces which come off the railroad bed during transit of the railroad car. The design of the magnetic skirt particularly addresses the …
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- Filed September 25, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 25, 2012.
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