Anti-vibration tube support
CA 2508915 C · Owner: Keen, Malcolm D. · Inventors: Rudy, Thomas M.; Wanni, Amar S.; Calanog, Marciano M.
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A tube support device is used with tube bundle devices such as heat exchangers or condensers with in-line tube arrangements (rectangular tube configuration) to mitigate the possibility of tube damage from flow-induced vibration in the tube bundle. The tube support comprises an elongated member or strip which is intended to be inserted in a tube lane between the tubes of the tube bundle. Raised-tube-engaging zones which include transverse arcuate tube-receiving saddles are disposed along the length of the strip at successive longitudinal locations corresponding to the tube positions in the bundle. These tube-engaging zones extend laterally out away from the medial plane of the strip so that …
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- Filed May 31, 2005 and granted October 23, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 31, 2025.
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