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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1996
Kevin J O'Boyle, Wellsville, NY (US);
ABB Air Preheater, Inc., Wellsville, NY (US);
Abstract
An arrangement is provided in an air preheater for mounting and adjusting the sector plates and the axial seal plates in relation to the rotor using one adjustable mounting means and a stabilizer assembly. The stabilizer assembly includes a stabilizer beam which is fixedly mounted to the external preheater structure, a pair of stabilizer lugs having one end fixedly mounted to the stabilizer beam, a pair of stabilizer arms each having a first end rotatably mounted to the other end of the stabilizer lugs by a torsion bar which extends between the stabilizer lugs, and a pinned linkage mechanism which rotatably mounts the second end of each stabilizer arm to the sector plate or axial plate.