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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ttx Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Brueckert, Elmhurst, IL (US);
William A. Guess, Omaha, NE (US);
Donald F. Kroesch, Minooka, IL (US);
Assignee:
TTX Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/30 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B61G 7/00 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); B23K 31/12 (2006.01); B23P 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/30 (2013.01); B23K 31/02 (2013.01); B23K 31/12 (2013.01); B23K 37/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/04 (2013.01); B61G 7/00 (2013.01); H05B 6/101 (2013.01); B23K 2201/26 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49718 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49746 (2015.01); Y10T 408/5638 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for reconditioning a railcar articulated connector is provided. The method comprises the steps of marking a surface of a portion of an articulated connector to divide the surface into sections, pre-heating the surface of a portion of an articulated connector, adding weld to a first section of the pre-heated portion of the articulated connector, and adding weld to a second section of the pre-heated portion of the articulated connector.