Patents by Inventor Dalton Lee Graham

Dalton Lee Graham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Top of rail applicator and method of using the same
    Patent number: 10173700
    Abstract: A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifice. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. A passageway may extend from an inlet port to the exit orifice. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the inlet port, through the passageway to the exit orifice and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Dalton Lee Graham, Bruce Robert Wise, Kevin Ray Adkins, Alejandro Medrano, Randall Krinker, Kelvin Chiddick, Kyle Wilson, David Birdwell
  • TOP OF RAIL APPLICATOR AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160264159
    Abstract: A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifice. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. A passageway may extend from an inlet port to the exit orifice. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the inlet port, through the passageway to the exit orifice and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Dalton Lee Graham, Bruce Robert Wise, Kelvin Ray Adkins, Alejandro Medrano, Randall Krinker, Kelvin Chiddick, Kyle Wilson, David Birdwell