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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1992
Ronald G Payne, West Simsbury, CT (US);
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A vapor generation apparatus which includes a furnace, having a tube wall and at least one vertical buckstay member disposed proximate to the outer face of the spiral tube wall. The apparatus includes a stirrup for transmitting forces between the spiral tube wall and the vertical buckstay member. The stirrup includes a U-shaped plate and a cylindrical member, apparatus for mounting the cylindrical member on the vertical buckstay member including first and second lugs fixed to the vertical buckstay member in spaced relationship. The cylindrical member is fixed between the first and second lugs in spaced relation to the vertical buckstay member. The apparatus also includes apparatus for mounting the U-shaped plate on the tube wall.