Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Feedwater sparger nozzle repair assembly
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Application No.: US16381153Application Date: 2019-04-11
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Publication No.: US11232875B2Publication Date: 2022-01-25
- Inventor: Bruce John Lentner , Adrian M. Mistreanu , Jack Toshio Matsumoto
- Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G21C17/017
- IPC: G21C17/017 ; F16L55/18 ; F16L41/06 ; F16L55/179

Abstract:
A feedwater sparger repair assembly includes a cover plate having a partial cylindrical shape and having a nozzle opening and a pair of bolt openings extending through the cover plate. A nozzle is attached to the cover plate and surrounds the nozzle opening. A pair of T-bolts extend through a respective one of the pair of bolt openings and each include a shank having a threaded portion extending from an exterior side of the cover plate and a partial cylindrical head portion disposed at an end of the shank on an interior side of the cover plate. A pair of nuts are engaged with the threaded portion of the pair of T-bolts. The feedwater sparger repair assembly is adapted to be mounted to an opening that is cut into a core spray pipe in order to repair/replace a sparger that becomes cracked.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200328003A1 FEEDWATER SPARGER NOZZLE REPAIR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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