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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
George E Lockett, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Atomic Company, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B / ; F22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
122 32 ; 122510 ; 165 82 ; 165162 ;
Abstract
A vapor generator is described wherein a lever system is utilized to move helical connecting tubes communicating between two tube bundles subject to thermal expansion of different amounts. The lever system is actuated by thermal expansion of different amounts of two different structural elements within the vapor generator.