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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/04 ;
Abstract
A water pipe structure of a branch pipe line ( ) connected to a main pipe ( ) for flowing water therethrough, wherein a cavity flow suppressing structure ( ) is installed between the main pipe ( ) and the branch pipe line ( ) or in the branch pipe line to suppress a cavity flow produced in the closed branch pipeline, whereby the adverse effect of a thermal stratification formed by the cavity flow on the pipe can be eliminated.