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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:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
May. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert E Ferree, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
Lawrence D Nottingham, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55189 ; 55195 ; 73 6 / ; 141 48 ;
Abstract
A system for deaerating water utilized to flood a bore of a turbine rotor which is to be ultrasonically inspected in which the bore is inclined and evacuated and heated water enters the bore and impinges on a surface that breaks up the influent stream of water to substantially increase its surface area to assist in the deaeration, the bore being connected to a trough partially filled with heated water to a level above the bore to maintain the flooded condition of the bore during the ultrasonic inspection.