Multi-cylinder condensing steam turbines

Claim 1

A MULTI-CYLINDER CONDENSING STEAM TURBINE PLANT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A HIGH PRESSURE CASING, AN INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE CASING AND SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE CASING ARRANGED IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, SHAFTS OF ALL SAID CASINGS COUPLED TO ONE ANOTHER, AN ALTERNATOR AND AN EXCITER ARRANGED IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CASINGS AND COUPLED TO THE FREE END OF THE SHAFT OF THE LAST OF SAID LOW PRESSURE CASINGS, SAID LOW PRESSURE CASINGS HAVING EACH A REMOVABLE UPPER HOOD PORTION AND A LOWER EXHAUST CHAMBER PORTION, A CONDENSER FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID EXHAUST CHAMBER PORTIONS AND FORMING A BEAM STRUCTURE WITH THEM EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID SHAFTS, A FIRST PERMANENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SAID HIGH PRESSURE AND MEDIUM PRESSURE CYLINDERS AND A SECOND PERMANENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SAID ALTERNATOR AND EXCITER, SAID BEAM STRUCTURE BEING SUPPORTED AT EACH END BY ONE OF SAID PERMANENT SUPPORT STRUCTURES FORMING A BRIDGE BETWEEN THEM.