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US 4,204,803 AGranted
Diaphragm support
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDonald R. Leger, Peter P. Clifford, William N. Matson
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Abstract
A support arrangement is disclosed for supporting an annular diaphragm in a turbine casing. The support arrangement allows the diaphragm to be vertically aligned with respect to the turbine casing and rotor and comprises in its most basic form the combination of a horizontally mounted bifurcated lug and a vertically mounted dumbbell shaped adjusting screw.
Claims1
A support arrangement for supporting an annular diaphragm half into a turbomachine casing comprising:
- at least two support lugs threaded into said diaphragm, one from each side of the machine axis centerline;
- said support lugs extending in a generally radial direction;
- each support lug having a bifurcated head section extending outwardly from said diaphragm;
- at lease two adjusting bolts threaded into said turbomachine casing, one from each side of the machine axis centerline;
- said adjusting bolts each including an enlarged bearing platform and a cap portion having a reduced section there between, said reduced section for insertion into the bifurcated head section of its respective lug;
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- a locking tab connected to each cap portion for engaging said bifurcated head section whereby said adjusting bolt is locked in place.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.