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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Garth J Aspden, Bolton, GB;
Assignee:
National Nuclear Corporation Ltd., Knutsford, Cheshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376377 ; 376399 ;
Abstract
A baffle (12) is provided for the gaps between a pair of surfaces (10, 14). The baffle has a lantern configuration and comprises a number of spring steel foils (15) arranged in side-by-side relation with overlap between adjacent foils. Each foil (15) is of shallow V-configuration. The ends of the V are attached by stud and slot connections (22, 24, 26, 28) to one of the surfaces separated by the gap at axially spaced locations and the midpoint of the V bears against the opposing surface. The stud and slot connections afford limited axial movement of the ends of the V to compensate for irregularities in the gap width.