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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2024
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Christopher M. Nestor, III, Murrysville, PA (US);
Tyler Imprescia, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
John Lojek, III, Latrobe, PA (US);
Michael A Lapresti, Greensburg, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of attaching a wick plug to an annular wick with the annular wick defining an outside diameter. The method includes positioning the wick plug at least partially within the annular wick; placing a clamp over the outside diameter of the annular wick; and heating the clamp, the annular wick, and the wick plug to a temperature sufficient to thermally expand the wick plug and the annular wick to exert a compressive force onto the wick plug and the annular wick by the clamp to compress the wick plug and the annular wick together.