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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Amar S. Wanni, Falls Church, VA (US);
Roberto C. Tomotaki, Humble, TX (US);
Thomas M. Rudy, Warrenton, VA (US);
Marciano M. Calanog, Stafford, TX (US);
Amar S. Wanni, Falls Church, VA (US);
Roberto C. Tomotaki, Humble, TX (US);
Thomas M. Rudy, Warrenton, VA (US);
Marciano M. Calanog, Stafford, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A tube support device comprises an elongated strip inserted in a tube lane between the tubes of the tube bundle. Raised-tube-engaging zones are disposed in transverse rows across the strip at successive longitudinal locations along its length; these tube-engaging zones extend laterally outwards from both faces of the strip to engage with tubes on opposite sides of the tube lane. The tube-engaging zones may be arranged so that they extend from the two faces of the strip in an alternate manner, with the tube-engaging zones in each row alternately extending from one face and then from the other along the row.