Patent ID: 6371685
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B23P,F16B,G21C,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
A wedge clamp for repairing a crack in a boiling water reactor shroud having a pair of slots formed therein on opposite sides of the crack in angled relation to one another so that a lateral spacing between the slots increases in a direction of increasing lateral spacing parallel to the crack, said wedge clamp comprisinga base having an inner surface; and a pair of slides protruding from said inner surface of said base at spaced locations, said slides being in angled relation to one another and having a lateral spacing therebetween increasing in the direction of increasing lateral spacing to fit within the slots formed in the shroud, each of said slides having a front surface, an outer surface and an inner surface extending laterally from said front surface at an angle, each of said slides having said outer surface parallel to said inner surface, respectively, to engage walls of the slots, respectively, in a manner preventing outward radial movement of said clamp relative to the shroud.