Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for the facilitating the servicing of drive-shaft assemblies for pressurized vessels

US5690341A · kind A · utility

8Cited by

9References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ahlstrom Machinery, Inc. · US

Inventors

J. Robert Prough · Glens Falls, US
William A. Kerpka · Glens Falls, US
John Bolles · Queensbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 17, 1996
Grant date	Nov 25, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16J15/188
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and a method allow shaft packings and bearing assemblies to be serviced for a shaft penetrating a pressurized vessel without requiring the vessel to be emptied.

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