IP Library Granted Patent US 7,441,743
Granted Patent B2
US 7,441,743 · App. 10/876,601 · Granted Oct 28, 2008

Fastening arrangement of a machine base and method of fastening the same

Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,441,743
App. No.
10/876,601
Granted
Oct 28, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastening arrangement of a machine base ( 8 ) of a machine on foundations ( 1 ). The fastening arrangement includes a foundation recess ( 3 ), filled with concrete ( 71, 72 ) and having an inner anchor shank ( 4 ), a foundation plate ( 2 ) of steel on the foundation ( 1 ), the machine base ( 8 ) on the foundation plate ( 2 ), an anti-fatigue bolt/stud bolt ( 9 ) restraining the machine against the foundation ( 1 ), the anti-fatigue bolt/stud bolt ( 9 ) being screwed into the anchor shank ( 4 ). The anchor shank ( 4 ) has at least two threaded disks ( 5 ) arranged offset from one another. The anti-fatigue bolt/stud bolt ( 9 ) screwed into the anchor shank ( 4 ) is passed through the foundation plate ( 2 ) and the machine base ( 8 ).

Claims (14)

1. A fastening arrangement of a machine base of a machine on foundations, comprising:

a foundation including a foundation recess and a foundation plate of steel on a surface of the foundation;

a machine base on a surface of the foundation plate;

an anchor shank configured and arranged to restrain the machine against the foundation, the anchor shank located in the foundation recess, having a bottom end including at least two threaded disks offset from one another, and having a top end with an inner thread;

the foundation recess being filled with concrete;

an anti-fatigue bolt or a stud bolt passing though the foundation plate and the machine base, the bolt screwed into the inner thread of the anchor shank and preloaded; and

wherein the top end of the anchor shank ends outside of the foundation recess but within the foundation plate.

2. The fastening arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the anchor shank has a narrowed shank diameter between the two threads of the threaded disks.

3. The fastening arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

threaded locking means for securing the threaded disks against rotation.

4. The fastening arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a clamping nut preloading the anti-fatigue bolt or the stud bolt.

5. The fastening arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a layer of fine concrete located between the surface of the foundation and the foundation plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2004
From: BEHLINGER, THOMAS; KUNZ, MANFRED; OLIVE, THOMAS; PROCHAZKA, MICHAEL LUKAS DONG YONG
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 015043/0543 →
Priority Claims (1)
CH 1141/03 · Jun 27, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040261340A1 · Dec 30, 2004