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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:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A Kissinger, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Atomic Company, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165162 ; 165172 ; 165178 ;
Abstract
A support assembly in a heat exchanger for securing tubes of a tube bundle in parallel, spaced-apart relation includes a plurality of concentrically arranged tube support rings for respectively securing circumferential groups of tubes in the tube bundle, each tube support ring being formed with inner and outer cylindrical support elements rigidly interconnected by a number of circumferentially spaced apart radial bars.