Burner bracket
AssigneeCombustion Tec, Inc.
InventorGlenn C. Neff
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for adjusting horizontal, vertical, and horizontal and vertical angular positions of tubes without need to re-position an entire mounting bracket assembly or mounting bracket baseplate. Such adjustable mounting bracket assembly may be used for axial adjustment of a burner nozzle while maintaining a seal by a ball-and-socket joint located on a furnace wall.
Claims17
An adjustable mounting bracket assembly for adjusting and securing horizontal, vertical, and horizontal and vertical angular positions of the axis of a tube, comprising:
- a base comprising base horizontal adjusting means for adjusting and securing a horizontal position of said base with respect to ground and base vertical adjusting means for adjusting and securing a vertical and rotational position of said base with respect to said ground;
- gimbal bracket means extending from said base and holding gimbal means comprising two concentric gimbal rings, the outer said gimbal ring pivotally attached to said gimbal bracket and the inner said gimbal ring pivotally attached to said outer gimbal ring to pivot at 90.degree. with respect to the pivot axis of said outer gimbal ring;
- a saddle supporting said tube at a position spaced from said gimbal rings and comprising longitudinal adjusting means for adjusting and securing the longitudinal position of said tube on said saddle, said tube fixedly retained within said inner gimbal ring toward one end of said tube;
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- horizontal angular adjusting means having one side attached to said base and an adjustable second side attached to said saddle moving said saddle for adjusting and securing said horizontal angular position of said tube axis, and vertical angular adjusting means having one side attached to said base and an adjustable second side attached to said saddle moving said saddle for adjusting and securing said vertical angular position of said axis of said tube.
A method for adjusting and securing horizontal, vertical, and horizontal and vertical angular positions of the axis of a tube, comprising:
- adjusting and securing a horizontal position of a base with respect to ground and adjusting and securing a vertical and rotational position of said base with respect to said ground;
- adjusting and securing one of a horizontal angular adjusting means having one side attached to said base and an adjustable second side attached to a saddle moving said saddle for adjusting and securing said horizontal angular position of said tube axis and a vertical angular adjusting means having one side attached to said base and an adjustable second side attached to said saddle moving said saddle for adjusting and securing said vertical angular position of said axis of said tube, said tube fixedly retained within an inner gimbal ring toward one end of said tube, said inner gimbal ring pivotally attached to an outer gimbal ring to pivot at 90.degree. with respect to the pivot axis of said outer gimbal ring, said outer gimbal ring pivotally attached to a gimbal bracket extending from said base, and said tube supported on said saddle at a position spaced from said gimbal rings by longitudinal adjusting means for adjusting and securing the longitudinal position of said tube on said saddle.
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