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Diamond Power Specialty Corporation

John C Matthews

Paul T Anderson

Charles E Paugh

Lawrence Irwin

Don W Smith

Dean C Ackerman

Ronald E Sherrick

Dean E Draxton

J Timothy Huston

Alex J Kurasz

John G Stevens

An electromagnetic hammer rapper having forward and retract coils for controllably causing a centrally disposed armature to impact an impact transfer pin to cause the transfer pin to knock-off slag and other encrustations from heat transfer tubes or walls of heat exchanger components, and for causing the armature to be propelled to a retracted position. An electrical circuit for controlling energization of the forward and retract coils is also provided and includes a manually actuatable switch for initiating an impact between the armature and the transfer pin. An auto sequencer/manual selector circuit controls the forward and retract coils of a plurality of electromagnetic solenoids. A phase detection and triggering circuit having an operator adjustable phase control controls the duration for which the forward coil of each electromagnetic solenoid is energized. An independent logic circuit associated with each electromagnetic solenoid is also included for further helping to control the energization of the forward and retract coils. An SCR and a triac each associated with a specific logic circuit and responsive to the logic circuit are included for controlling energization of the forward and retract coils of each electromagnetic solenoid.

Electro-hammer rapper

A long retracting sootblower for boiler cleaning of the type having a lance tube which is advanced into and out of a boiler and simultaneously rotated, and having one or more nozzles discharging a jet of blowing medium which trace helical paths. An indexing mechanism is provided to change the positioning of the helical paths traced by the nozzles between successive actuation cycles to minimize boiler erosion and mechanical stress caused by repeated blowing medium impact against surfaces within the boiler. the indexing mechanism includes relatively slidable longitudinal advancement rack sections which cause the engaging pinion gears to index by one or more teeth upon each actuation cycle. A movable rack portion is biased by a compliant element to remain in a normal position until initial advancement of the lance carriage which causes the movable portion to be indexed with respect to the fixed portion of the rack. The movable rack portion returns to its normal position during other periods of the actuation cycle thereby providing said indexing.

Indexing sootblower

A vacuum sealing device includes a plug which is thrust into the port of an insulated steam injection tubing for closing an annular space of the tubing which confines a vacuum. The plug is mounted for movement within a first mounting element and for movement within a bellows having an end connected to the first mounting element. A second mounting element is connected to the opposite end of the bellows and carries a rod which is fixed to the plug. By moving the two mounting elements together, the bellows is compressed and the plug is thrust by movement of the rod. The first mounting element is connected to an upper clamping section which cooperates with a lower clamping section to engage around a tubular to be plugged. The upper section can be correctly centered with its plug over the port of the tubular by momentarily compressing the bellows to extend the plug. The plug is provided with a shank portion and a breakable tab for breaking the plug away from the shank portion. The shank portion is connected to the rod so that after the plug is seated in the port the rod, its mounting elements and the clamp section can be removed from the insulated steam injection tubing.

Vacuum sealing device for insulated steam injection tubing

A snubber cartridge assembly is mounted to the nozzle of a control rod drive mechanism to insure that the snubber assembly will be located within the liquid filled section of a nuclear reactor vessel whenever the control rod drive is assembled thereto. The snubber assembly includes a piston mounted proximate to the control rod connecting end of the control rod drive leadscrew to allow the piston to travel within the liquid filled snubber cartridge and controllably exhaust liquid therefrom during a 'scram' condition. The snubber cartridge provides three separate areas of increasing resistance to piston travel to insure a speedy but safe 'scram' of the control rod into the reactor.

Snubber assembly for a control rod drive

A linearly movable latch mechanism is provided to move into engagement with a deformable collet whenever an undesired ejection of a leadscrew is initiated from a nuclear reactor mounted control rod drive. Such an undesired ejection would occur in the event of a rupture in a housing of the control rod drive. The collet is deformed by the linear movement of the latch mechanism to wedge itself against the leadscrew and prevent the ejection of the leadscrew from the housing. The latch mechanism is made to be controllably engageable with the leadscrew and when thus engaged to allow the leadscrew to move in a control direction while moving with the leadscrew to engage and deform the collet when the leadscrew moves in an ejection direction.

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Lancaster, OH, United States of America

John C Matthews