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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:
Apr. 22, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pierre Meylan, Neuenhof, CH;
Assignee:
BBC Brown Boveri & Company Limited, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415201 ; 4152 / ;
Abstract
A housing structure for a steam turbine includes inner and outer housings and a hinged portion of one of those housings is structured for being lowered or raised into a horizontal plane to serve as a working platform to facilitate servicing. The hinged housing portion includes a hinged upstanding rim to prevent tools from sliding off and a protective railing is secured to the rim.