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Device for supporting and protecting nuclear boilers

US4511532A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1979
Grant dateApr 16, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a rigid device for supporting a reactor vessel and steam generators associated therewith. The device consists of a metallic structure comprising, on the one hand, a lower portion serving as a support for the vessel and its associated generators through the medium of square journals fitted in fixed ball-joint bearings with a corresponding square bore and on the other hand, an upper portion 6 which comprises on either side two lateral portions surrounding and holding the generators.

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