Claims
- 1. In combination in a heat exchanger having a housing, and having a plurality of longitudinally extending fluid flow tubes disposed within said housing, and having tube sheets disposed within said housing and with said tube sheets having openings in communication with the ends of said tubes, and further having longitudinally extending baskets for receiving shuttling tube cleaning elements mouthed in engagement with the ends of said tubes:
- (a) a retaining plate fixedly disposed adjacent to the outer face of a said tube sheet,
- (b) and means, including said retaining plate, mounting a said basket in fixed relationship to said tube sheet and to an end of a said tube.
- 2. The combination of claim 1 in which said basket mounting means includes means securing said basket against transverse shifting.
- 3. The combination of claim 2 in which:
- (a) said basket has a portion extending at least between said plate and said tube sheet and into telescoping connection with said tube sheet opening,
- (b) and said plate includes an opening receiving said basket therein,
- (c) said securing means comprising a two-point basket support utilizing said telescoping connection and said plate opening.
- 4. The combination of claim 1 in which said basket mounting means includes means securing said basket in longitudinally fixed position.
- 5. The combination of claim 4 in which:
- (a) said basket has a portion extending at least between said plate and said tube sheet opening,
- (b) said plate includes an opening receiving said basket therein,
- (c) and said securing means comprises a threaded connection between said plate opening and said basket.
- 6. The combination of claim 4 in which:
- (a) said basket has a portion extending at least between said plate and said tube sheet opening,
- (b) said plate includes an opening receiving said basket therein,
- (c) and said securing means comprises spaced shoulders disposed on said basket portion for engaging said tube sheet and said plate.
- 7. The combination of claim 6 wherein said shoulders are provided on an annular spacer disposed on the inner end portion of said basket.
- 8. The combination of claim 1, 2 or 4 in which said basket has a tube cleaning element holding portion disposed longitudinally outwardly of said retaining plate.
- 9. In a combination in a heat exchanger having a housing, and having a plurality of longitudinally extending fluid flow tubes disposed within said housing, and having tube sheets disposed within said housing and with said tube sheets having openings in communication with the ends of said tubes, and further having longitudinally extending baskets for receiving shuttling tube cleaning elements mounted in engagement with the ends of said tubes;
- (a) a retaining plate fixedly disposed outwardly of and generally parallel to the outer face of a said tube sheet,
- (b) and means, including said retaining plate, mounting a said basket infixed relationship to said tube sheet and to an end of a said tube.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 06,505,077 filed June 16, 1983, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,552,207, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/350,286 filed Feb. 18, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,398,592.
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