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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2012
Tsukasa Shimakawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Jun Nagashima, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuji Bando, Hiroshima, JP;
Tomohiro Oshita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromu Nishijima, Chikushi, JP;
Tsukasa Shimakawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Jun Nagashima, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuji Bando, Hiroshima, JP;
Tomohiro Oshita, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromu Nishijima, Chikushi, JP;
Abstract
An expansion joint that is provided between a steam turbine outlet and a condenser inlet, including: an upstream baffle tube that has one end secured to an upstream fixing end and the other end as a free end, and forms a steam channel; a downstream baffle tube that has one end secured to a downstream fixed end and the other end as a free end, the free end being relatively movable outside the free end of the upstream baffle tube; and a flexible cylinder that is formed of a non-metal material using a resin sheet, and deformable while airtightly surrounding the baffle tubes.