Core spray sparger T-box attachment and clamp and method for clamping
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGrant Clark Jensen, Robert W. Whitling
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Abstract
A core spray sparger T-box clamp for a sparger T-box in a shroud of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel, the sparger T-box clamp including: an anchor plate substantially aligned with a closed end of the T-box; a carrier plate slidably secured to an upper side the anchor plate and latched to the T-box; a saddle bracket secured to a lower side of the anchor plate and latched to the T-box, and a pair of clamp blocks on opposite sides of the anchor plate fixed to sparger pipes coupled to the T-box.
Claims14
A core spray sparger T-box clamp for a sparger T-box in a shroud of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel, the sparger T-box clamp comprising:
- an anchor plate configured to be substantially aligned with a closed end of the T-box;
- a carrier plate slidably secured to an upper section of the anchor plate and configured to be latched to an upper side of the T-box, wherein the carrier plate extends horizontally from the anchor plate and the carrier plate includes a fastener extending downwardly and configured to be latched to the upper side of the T-box;
- a saddle bracket engaged with a lower section of the anchor plate and configured to be slidably engaged with a lower side of the T-box, wherein the saddle bracket extends horizontally from the anchor plate and the saddle bracket includes a fastener extending upwardly and configured to be latched to the lower side of the T-box and the saddle bracket is separated from the carrier plate by a distance greater than a distance between the upper side and the lower side of the T-box, and
- a pair of clamp blocks on opposite sides of the anchor plate, slidably secured to the anchor plate and each block configured to be fixed to a respective sparger pipe coupled to the T-box.
A core spray sparger T-box clamp for a sparger T-box in a shroud of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel, the sparger T-box clamp comprising:
- an anchor plate configured to substantially align with a cover plate welded to an end of the T-box;
- a bearing plate extendable horizontally from the anchor plate and configured to abut the end of the T-box;
- a carrier plate slidably secured to an upper side of the anchor plate and configured to be latched to an upper region of a sidewall of the T-box, wherein the carrier plate extends horizontally from the anchor plate and wherein the carrier plate includes a latch extending towards the upper region and configured to latch to the upper region of the sidewall, and
- a saddle bracket attached to a lower side of the anchor plate, and said saddle bracket is configured to be latched to a lower region of the sidewall of the T-box, wherein the saddle bracket is parallel to the carrier plate and is separated from the carrier plate by a distance greater than a distance between the upper region and the lower region of the sidewall, and wherein the saddle bracket includes a latch extending towards the lower region and configured to latch to the lower region of the sidewall.
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