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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1978
Moreland P Bennett, Hickory, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A bracket of generally U-shaped cross-section comprising spaced-apart legs terminating in edges having projections thereon is joined to a cylindrical steel wall by a method that comprises the steps of: (a) locating the bracket so that said edges extend along the length of the cylindrical steel wall and said projections contact the external surface of the wall, (b) projection-welding the bracket to the wall by an operation that collapses the projections, locates the edges closely adjacent the external surface of the steel wall, and provides a gap of V-shaped cross-section between each edge and the external surface of the wall, and (c) then fillet-welding the bracket to the wall by applying a welding fillet to the external surface of the wall and the outer surface of each leg of the bracket in the region of the V-shaped gap.