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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A. Lawrence, Hickory Hills, IL (US);
Terrence A. Bell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Superior Graphite Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ; C10M / ; C10M / ; C10M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ; C10M / ; C10M / ; C10M / ;
Abstract
A method of treating hopper cars to prevent bridging or sticking of bulk commodities during unloading by applying a coating of a mixture comprising pigments including graphite, solvents, resins, a drier/cross-linking/hardening system, and a rheological system. The resin is selected from the group consisting of alkyds, acrylics, polyesters, hydrocarbon resins, rosin-based resins, polyamides, urethanes, and epoxies. The solvent comprises aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. Ranges in weight-percent for each of the components is set forth, as well as a specific formulation.