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CLOSURE DEVICE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4281832
A quick opening type of stuffing box employing two banks of rotatable shoes, each of which has a caraming action that forces a neoprene sealing surface against a pipe or rod where it passes through a wall is presented. A ring having a handle or wrench attached is placed eccentric to and between the two banks of shoes. Head bolts from the shoes fit into slots in this ring, which are so arranged that when the ring is rotated a quarter turn in one direction the shoes are thrust inwardly to cramp the neopnrene about the pipe, malting a tight seal. Moving the ring in the reverse direction moves the shoes outwardly and frees the pipe which then may be readily removed from the stuffing box. This device has particular application as a closure for the end of a coolant tube of a neutronic reactor.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-13-004305
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2849246
OSTI ID:
4281832
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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