US 10,533,483 B2 · Compensator

Abstract

A compensator, having a first corrugated bellows section, a second corrugated bellows section, an intermediate pipe section positioned between the first corrugated bellows section and the second corrugated bellows section, a first attachment flange, and a second attachment flange. The first corrugated bellows section engages the first attachment flange and intermediate pipe section. The second corrugated bellows section engages the second attachment flange and intermediate pipe section. An intermediate flange is positioned between the first attachment flange and the second attachment flange and surrounds the intermediate pipe section at the outside without a a rigid connection to the intermediate pipe section. The intermediate flange is connected by first tension rods to the first attachment flange and by second tension rods to the second attachment flange.

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Dependent claims

A compensator comprising:

a first connection flange;
a second connection flange;
a first corrugated bellows section that acts on the first connection flange and an intermediate pipe section;
a second corrugated bellows section that acts on the second connection flange and the intermediate pipe section;
the intermediate pipe section positioned between the first corrugated bellows section and the second corrugated bellows section;
an intermediate flange that surrounds the intermediate pipe section on the outside and positioned between the first connection flange and the second connection flange, wherein the intermediate flange is without connection or without rigid connection to the intermediate pipe section;
first tension rods that connect the intermediate flange to the first connection flange;
and
second tension rods that connect the intermediate flange to the second connection flange.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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