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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. 04, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael T Mruzek, East Troy, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 511 ; 62383 ; 165185 ;
Abstract
A positive retraction mechanism for cryogenic thermal joints including deformable interfaces to separate joints which have cold welded utilizing a moveable enclosing sleeve and an actuating mechanism including the force of a compressed bellows to move a retraction flange into engagement with retraction rods which force the thermal joint apart through controlled movement of the retraction flange.