US3206367A
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Machines for loading and unloading the channels of a nuclear reactor
Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et Aux Énergies Alternatives
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Filing: 1962-07-24
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Granted: 1965-09-14
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Expires: 1982-07-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Peuchmaur Alphonse
- 👤 Gillieron Claude
- 👤 Canet Pierre
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:23
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21F; G21F5/00; G21C; G21C19/00; G21C19/02; G21C19/06; G21C19/065; G21C19/10; G21C19/14; G21C19/20; G21C19/22; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A NUCLEAR REACTOR HAVING A FREE FLAT FAACE, A MULTIPLICITY OF PARRALLEL RECTILINEAR CHANNELS, EACH COMPRISING A CENTRAL PORTION OF UNIFORM DIAMETER AND AT LEAST ONE END PORTION OF GREATER DIAMETER OPENING INTO SAID FREE FACE, SAID CHANNELS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE IN THEIR CENTRAL PORTION, FIRST ELEMENTS OF A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CENTRAL PORTIONS AND, IN THEIR END PORTIONS, SECOND ELEMENTS OF A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID END PORTIONS, A MACHINE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING SAID ELEMENTS INTO, AND FROM, SAID CHANNELS, WHICH MACHINE COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID REACTOR, SAID FRAME HAVING A FREE FLAT FACE AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL PASSAGE PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF SAID REACTOR CHANNELS WHEN SAID FRAME FREE FACE IS PARALLEL TO SAID REACTOR FREE FACE, AN EXTERNAL TUBE OF AN EXTERNAL DIAMETER SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CHANNEL END PORTIONS, THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID TUBE BEING EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID CHANNEL CENTRAL PORTIONS, SAID TUBE BEING
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A NUCLEAR REACTOR HAVING A FREE FLAT FAACE, A MULTIPLICITY OF PARRALLEL RECTILINEAR CHANNELS, EACH COMPRISING A CENTRAL PORTION OF UNIFORM DIAMETER AND AT LEAST ONE END PORTION OF GREATER DIAMETER OPENING INTO SAID FREE FACE, SAID CHANNELS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE IN THEIR CENTRAL PORTION, FIRST ELEMENTS OF A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CENTRAL PORTIONS AND, IN THEIR END PORTIONS, SECOND ELEMENTS OF A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID END PORTIONS, A MACHINE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING SAID ELEMENTS INTO, AND FROM, SAID CHANNELS, WHICH MACHINE COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID REACTOR, SAID FRAME HAVING A FREE FLAT FACE AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL PASSAGE PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION OF SAID REACTOR CHANNELS WHEN SAID FRAME FREE FACE IS PARALLEL TO SAID REACTOR FREE FACE, AN EXTERNAL TUBE OF AN EXTERNAL DIAMETER SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID CHANNEL END PORTIONS, THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID TUBE BEING EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID CHANNEL CENTRAL PORTIONS, SAID TUBE BEING
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