Support arrangements for turbomachines
Patent 3937433 Issued on February 10, 1976. Estimated Expiration Date: 
February 10, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
February 10, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 1527635 1533156 1678968 1682317 2761639 3764098 3781733 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 426480 filed on 12/20/1973US Classes:248/550, WITH CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS248/637, MACHINERY SUPPORT248/901SUPPORT HAVING TEMPERATURE OR PRESSURE RESPONSIVE FEATUREExaminersPrimary: Schultz, William H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassF01D 25/28 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1973-01-04 CHAbstractThe lower half of the turbomachine casing is mounted so as to retain the casing half in a set horizontal plane despite thermal expansions and contractions. To this end, the support arrangement at one end of the casing half includes vertically disposed rods which have a coefficient of thermal expansion less than that of the casing as well as covers which are secured to the casing and rest on the rods in order to transfer the weight of the casing to the rods. When heated, the rods expand upwardly while the covers expand downwardly. The two expansion effects cancel each other so that the plane of the lower casing half is maintained set. | |
