Patents Assigned to Messiah Locomotive Services, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9403538
    Abstract: An efficient sand tube heater including a flexible heating element wrapped around a sand tube. The flexible heating element and sand tube are then surrounded by a heat sensitive sheathing. Heat is applied to the heat sensitive sheathing such that the heat sensitive sheathing shrinks around the flexible heating element and sand tube such that the flexible heating element remains in contact with the sand tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: MESSIAH LOCOMOTIVE SERVICE, INC.
    Inventor: Jeremiah Erickson
  • Publication number: 20140049054
    Abstract: An efficient sand tube heater including a flexible heating element wrapped around a sand tube. The flexible heating element and sand tube are then surrounded by a heat sensitive sheathing. Heat is applied to the heat sensitive sheathing such that the heat sensitive sheathing shrinks around the flexible heating element and sand tube such that the flexible heating element remains in contact with the sand tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Messiah Locomotive Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremiah Erickson