Anti-vibration tube support
US7343964B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F2265/30
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A support device for supporting a plurality of elongated members. The support device having a longitudinally extensive strip having a plurality of sets of transverse corrugations located at successive longitudinal locations along the strip. Each set of transverse corrugations forming a plurality of elongated member engaging zones extending laterally outwards from both faces of the strip to engage the elongated members in the tube bundle on opposite sides of a tube lane. The support device is useful to support elongated members in a bundle and to mitigate the possibility of damage from flow-induced vibration in elongated members.
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