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Patent Inventor Names
Thomas Patrick Russo0
Kenneth J. Robertson0
Steven Sebastian Burdgick0
Date of Patent
December 2, 2008
0Patent Application Number
111646030
Date Filed
November 30, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention provides a steam turbine that has upper and lower halves of diaphragm. The steam turbine of the present invention also provides an adjustable support bar attached to at least the upper half or the lower half of the diaphragm. The adjustable support bar of the present invention has a screw therein such that the adjustable support bar can raise or lower the upper half or the lower half of the diaphragm without removing each half of the diaphragm. Also provided are methods for adjusting and supporting a vertical position of the upper half and the lower half of the diaphragm at a horizontal split line in a steam turbine.
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