Westinghouse Electric Corporation

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Todd M Wetherill

Robert J Dickinson

Calvin L Kinney

A steam generator tubesheet/channel head/centerstay assembly wherein a threaded centerstay is screw-inserted to connect the tubesheet and the channel head. Seals are installed between the centerstay, the channel head and the tubesheet to prevent leakage.

Steam generator tubesheet/channel head/centerstay assembly

A gravity assisted anti-reverse rotation device for preventing reverse rotation of pumps and the like. A horizontally mounted pawl is disposed to mesh with a fixed ratchet preventing reverse rotation when the pawl is advanced into intercourse with the ratchet by a vertically mounted lever having a lumped mass. Gravitation action on the lumped mass urges the pawl into mesh with the ratchet, while centrifugal force on the lumped mass during forward, allowed rotation retracts the pawl away from the ratchet.

Gravity controlled anti-reverse rotation device

The pump isolation valve provides a means by which the pump may be selectively isolated from the remainder of the coolant system while being compatible with the internal hydraulic arrangement of the pump during normal operation of the pump. The valve comprises a valve cylinder disposed around the pump and adjacent to the last pump diffuser with a turning vane attached to the lower end of the valve cylinder in a manner so as to hydraulically match with the discharge diffuser. The valve cylinder is connected to a drive means for sliding the valve cylinder relative to the diffuser support cylinder so as to block flow in either direction through the discharge diffuser when the valve is in the closed position and to aid in the flow of the coolant from the discharge diffuser by means of the turning vane when the valve is in the open position.

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Lower Burrell, PA, United States of America

Todd M Wetherill