Nuclear reactor installation
Abstract
Abstract FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING FUEL AGGREGATES INTO AND FROM A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING FUEL CHANNELS OF THE REACTOR, THE SNOUT OF A FUELLING MACHINE HEAD IS COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITH A SELECTED SUCH CHANNE, VERTICALLY SHIFTED TOWARDS THE CHANNEL AND CLAMPED ONTO A PROJECTING END THEREOF. TO CARRY OUT THE NECESSARY MOTIONS, A CARRIAGE IS VERTICALLY SHIFTABLY MOUNTED ON A HORIZONTALLY MOVABLE VEHICLE AND SUPPORTS A SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY IN WHICH THE MACHINE HEAD IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS. THE SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY INCLUDES FOUR VERTICALLY SUSPENDED RODS CONNECTING THE MACHINE HEAD TO THE CARRIAGE, EACH ROD HAVING A UNIVERSAL JOINT AT BTH ENDS TO PERMIT FREE HORIZONTAL TRANSLATION OF THE MACHINE HEAD RELATIVE TO THE CRRIAGE, THUS COMPENSATING FOR MINOR MISALIGNMENTS BETWEEN THE SNOUT AND THE SELECTED CHANNEL.
Inventors
- 👤 Gordon L Brooks
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