Patents Assigned to Industrial and Overseas Securities Limited
  • Patent number: 4358242
    Abstract: Apparatus primarily for use in extracting and re-inserting heat exchanger tube bundles in chemical processing plants. An elongated frame structure having first and second pairs of spaced parallel beams is provided, with a carriage attachable to the tube bundle and moveable along the frame structure first beams in response to actuation of extraction cylinders. No portion of the frame structure extends above the first parallel beams, and an arm is mounted on each corner of the structure, pivotal about an axis perpendicular to the direction of tube withdrawal, and a cable extending from a central crane is mounted on each arm. A cylinder pivots each arm about its axis to change the position of the supporting crane back relative to the center of gravity of the structure. A pair of moveable side arms with clamps are provided for engaging a flange on the heat exchanger shell, and attitude control slings are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Assignee: Industrial and Overseas Securities Limited
    Inventor: John B. C. Davies