Patents by Inventor Wilbur M. Byerley

Wilbur M. Byerley 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).

  • Moisture separator reheater with round tube bundle
    Patent number: 4485069
    Abstract: A moisture separator reheater having a central chamber with cylindrical wall portions and a generally round tube bundle, the tube bundle having arcuate plates disposed on each side of the bundle which form a wrapper on each side of the tube bundle and having a tongue and groove juncture between the wrapper and cylindrical wall portions to provide a seal therebetween and a track for installing and removing the tube bundle from the central chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Wilbur M. Byerley
  • Flow distribution arrangement for a steam generator
    Patent number: 4037569
    Abstract: Blocks are disposed in notches in a wrapper encircling a tube bundle of a steam generator, covers are disposed over a plurality of holes in blowdown pipes; the ports in the feedwater header are arranged to improve the flow of feedwater and recirculation water over the tube sheet of the steam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Bennett, Wilbur M. Byerley
  • J tube discharge or feedwater header
    Patent number: 3991720
    Abstract: A shell and tube steam generator having a feedwater inlet ring disposed above the tubes, the feedwater inlet ring having a plurality of J-shaped discharge nozzles asymmetrically disposed in fluid communication with the upper portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Wilbur M. Byerley
  • Method for repairing a heat exchanger tube
    Patent number: 3962767
    Abstract: A method of repairing a tube in a heat exchanger by severing the tube and welding a sleeve inside the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wilbur M. Byerley, Raymond H. Glatthorn, Emil P. Lock