Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Support for a heat exchanger tube bundle
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Application No.: US14448907Application Date: 2014-07-31
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Publication No.: US09612063B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Dave Reich , Durwill Dennis , Robert Triplett
- Applicant: Altex Industries Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Edmonton
- Assignee: Altex Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee: Altex Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Edmonton
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
- Main IPC: B23P19/02
- IPC: B23P19/02 ; F28F9/013 ; B60P3/00 ; F28G15/00 ; B60P3/40

Abstract:
There is provided a support for supporting a bundle of exchanger tubes that has plurality of tubes and support plates that engage and support the plurality of tubes. The support has a cradle with a plurality of support surfaces spaced along the length of the cradle to support the bundle of exchanger tubes, a carriage that is movably mounted to a track extending along the length of the cradle such that the carriage traverses at least a portion of the cradle as it moves along the track. The carriage has a receiver portion that moves along the cradle above the support surface and is sized to receive a support plate of the bundle of exchanger tubes, and one or more lifts positioned along the cradle length, the lifts moving vertically between an extended position above the carriage relative to the cradle and a refracted position below the support surfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160033210A1 SUPPORT FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE BUNDLE Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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