Holding device for a non-return valve flap and method for positioning same
AssigneeElectricite de France
InventorsCoralie Freneau, Fabien Houssay, Maurice Dantic
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Abstract
A device for holding a flap of a non-return valve in a closed position, which is configured to carry out hydraulic testing of a device or apparatus, includes a body which takes the form of a caliper with two arms that are articulated relative to each other, at a first of the two opposite ends thereof, about a first axis, in that it includes a holder articulated about the first axis and in that the two arms each has, at the second end thereof, a pad pivoting about axes that are parallel to the first axis.
Claims11
A device for holding a flap of a non-return valve in a closed position and configured to carry out a hydraulic trial of equipment or an installation, comprising:
- a body in a form of a caliper with first and second arms, each of first and second arms having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second arms articulated with respect to one another at the first end, around a first axis, and
- a holder articulated around said first axis,
- wherein said first and second arms include, at the second end, a first pad and a second pad, respectively, pivoting around second and third axes, respectively, parallel to said first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.