Patent ID: 9683735
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F16L,F22B

Claim:
1. A support plate for supporting associated horizontal boiler tubes, the support plate comprising: a front face, a rear face, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top edge, and a bottom edge; a main body portion that is solid, such that no hollow interior is present between the front and rear faces except for a slot in the main body portion that passes from the front face to the rear face, the slot configured to permit an associated shear lug to pass through the slot for attaching the support plate to an associated vertical stringer tube; one or more supporting arms extending outwardly from the first side perpendicular to the main body portion; and one or more supporting arms extending outwardly from the second side perpendicular to the main body portion; wherein the one or more supporting arms extending outwardly from the first side and the one or more supporting arms extending outwardly from the second side include an outer retaining lip at a distal end of the supporting arm and a plurality of rounded recesses, each rounded recess being spaced apart from adjacent rounded recesses by an inner retaining lip extending therebetween, such that multiple rows of the associated horizontal boiler tubes may be supported on each supporting arm within the plurality of rounded recesses; a vertical stringer tube; and a shear lug that passes through the slot in the support plate and attaches the support plate to the vertical stringer tube, the shear lug including a lip configured to prevent the support plate from falling off of the shear lug wherein the shear lug is welded to the stringer tube; and wherein the support plate is made of a material that is capable of withstanding temperatures from about 0° to about 20000 F.