Patents by Inventor Mitchell S. Kaminski

Mitchell S. Kaminski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Locking device for a nozzle block and a method for installing it
    Patent number: 4087201
    Abstract: An apparatus used in steam turbines for locking a nozzle block and nozzle chamber together. At least one modified cap screw is engaged with the nozzle block and nozzle chamber and tightened to a required torque. A plate is affixed to either two or more modified cap screws or to both a modified cap screw and the surrounding base metal of the nozzle block or nozzle chamber with one rivet passing through the plate into the modified cap screw and a second rivet passing through the plate into the nozzle block, nozzle chamber, or other modified cap screw. The rivets and attaching plate restrain relative motion between the cap screw and the surrounding base metal of the nozzle block or nozzle chamber thus preventing the modified cap screw from loosening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: John J. Walsh, III, Mitchell S. Kaminski