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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:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1977
Donald S Jenis, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Thomas A Kuczkowski, Scarborough, ME (US);
Jack S Mazer, South Portland, ME (US);
Douglas F Westerkamp, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A support system is provided for a bundle of U-shaped tubes in a heat exchanger of the shell and tube type. The system includes a fixed frame including a plurality of support plates for the majority of the length of the bundle and a floating frame including a plurality of support plates for the U-bend end of the bundle. The floating frame is mounted on the tubes and is free to move relative to the fixed frame, thus allowing freedom of expansion of the tubes through the fixed frame support plates even on the occurrence of tube binding in the floating frame support plates adjacent the U-bend end.