Patent ID: 6435839
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: F04F,G21C,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
A clamp assembly for a jet pump sensing line adjacent a jet pump within a nuclear reactor pressure vessel, the jet pump sensing line comprising a support block, said clamp assembly comprising:a clamp body comprising an outer end, an inner end, an axis extending from said outer end to said inner end, and a bolt cavity; a clamp member slidably coupled to said clamp body, said clamp member configured to extend partially around the jet pump; a clamp bolt comprising a head, said clamp bolt sized to be received in said clamp body bolt cavity; a slide member slidably coupled to said clamp body, said slide member comprising a bolt receiver and a sensing line receiver; a swing arm bolt sized to be received in said slide member bolt receiver; and a swing arm rotatably coupled to said slide member, said swing arm comprising a sensing line recess, said sensing line recess and said slide member sensing line receiver sized to receive and secure the sensing line, said clamp member and said clamp body sized to secure said clamp assembly to the jet pump.