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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
Union Tank Car Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Peter J. Douglas, Schereville, IN (US);
Gary C. Walter, Chicago, IL (US);
Joe Perez, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Jonathan Schultz, Chicago, IL (US);
Nathan Chilton, Chicago, IL (US);
Keith Peltason, Chicago, IL (US);
Union Tank Car Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A removable independent steam jacket for a bottom outlet valve of a railroad tank car able to connect to an existing bottom outlet valve, with or without an integral steam jacket, in a field environment without having to take the tank car in for repairs having a partially annular hollow base with a rectangular cross-section and a plurality of pipes connected to the base extending away from the bottom of the base. The removable steam jacket also has a plurality of mounting brackets connected to the bottom the base for installing and removing it from the bottom outlet valve.