Patent ID: 6821083
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: F01D,F05D

Abstract:
In a steam turbine section including a casing (12) in which is installed a housing (14) for a bearing supporting a rotor for buckets, a support structure (10) for the housing comprising a plurality of horizontally extending struts (T1-T3) extending from a sidewall (18) of the casing to the housing, each strut being in fluid communication with the interior of the housing and with the atmosphere for the struts to both support the housing within the casing and to vent the interior of the housing to the atmosphere; and, a plurality of vertically extending struts (T4-T6) extending between the casing and the housing to further support the housing within the casing, two of the vertically extending struts (T4, T6) installed coplanar with each other with a third vertically extending strut (T5) installed therebetween but not in the same plane therewith.