US 12,410,369 B2
Flat push hot car for foundry coke and associated systems and methods
Chun Wai Choi, Chicago, IL (US); and John Francis Quanci, Haddonfield, NJ (US)
Assigned to SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/954,882.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/601,490, filed on Nov. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0163329 A1, May 22, 2025
Int. Cl. B01D 50/20 (2022.01); C10B 33/00 (2006.01); C10B 39/14 (2006.01); C10B 43/14 (2006.01); F27D 15/00 (2006.01); F27D 17/30 (2025.01); F27D 17/25 (2025.01)
CPC C10B 43/14 (2013.01) [B01D 50/20 (2022.01); C10B 33/00 (2013.01); C10B 39/14 (2013.01); F27D 15/00 (2013.01); F27D 17/30 (2025.01); F27D 17/25 (2025.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An industrial car configured to hold materials having temperatures in excess of 2000° F., the industrial car comprising:
an at least partially enclosed hot box having a base, and a pair of opposing sidewalls each extending upward from the base;
cross members coupled to at least one of the base or the sidewalls;
coupling members each coupled to at least one of the cross members;
surface plates disposed adjacent to the coupling members, wherein the surface plates are configured to support materials having temperatures in excess of 2000° F. wherein adjacent surface plates are spaced apart from another by at least a predetermined threshold distance, and wherein, in operation, the surface plates are movable independent from the coupling members; and
clips coupled to the surface plates, wherein the clips are configured to keep the surface plates adjacent to the corresponding coupling members,
wherein the industrial car is configured to hold and transport the materials.