Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat exchanger closure assemblies and methods of using and installing the same
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Application No.: US16358932Application Date: 2019-03-20
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Publication No.: US11079185B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Richard Jibb , David Thomas Creech , Randy Lee Eberly , Elizabeth MacLean Meacham , Henk Boekhouder , Roberto Groppi , Vincenzo Marco Brignone , Trevor Jaye
- Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Bloomfield
- Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Bloomfield
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Scott D. Wofsy; Christopher J. Capelli
- Main IPC: F28F9/02
- IPC: F28F9/02

Abstract:
A heat exchanger assembly including an elongated tubular heat exchanger enclosure defining an interior chamber. A tube sheet is positioned within the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure separating the interior chamber into a shell side and a channel side. The interior portion is configured to removably receive a tube bundle positioned within the shell side of the interior chamber. An annular sleeve member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure. An annular elastic torsion member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger such that the sleeve member is positioned between the tube sheet and the elastic torsion member. The elastic torsion member has an inner circumference deflectable relative to its outer circumference for torsioning the elastic torsion member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190293368A1 HEAT EXCHANGER CLOSURE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF USING AND INSTALLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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