Pressure boundary bolted anti-ejection device
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsBRANDON F. GOOD, GEOFFREY M. LOY, WILLIAM C. CASTILLO, PAUL J. KREITMAN, TONY J. MASTOPIETRO, MARK M. PILLARD
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Abstract
A device is provided for use in securing a remnant of a tube through a wall of a pressure vessel. The device include an anti-ejection device for attachment to the remnant on an interior side of the pressure vessel and an end cap for attachment to the remnant on an exterior side of the pressure vessel for sealing an open end of the remnant. The anti-ejection device includes an anti-rotation member for constraining the remnant and the anti-ejection device against relative rotation therebetween. A bolt connects the anti-ejection device, the remnant, and the end cap.
Claims23
A device for use in securing a remnant of a tube through a wall of a pressure vessel comprising:
- an anti-ejection device for attachment to the remnant on an interior side of the pressure vessel;
- and,
- an end cap for attachment to the remnant on an exterior side of the pressure vessel for sealing an open end of the remnant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.