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US4639351A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Repair device for a reactor pressure vessel

Assignee: Kraftwerk Union AG
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Filing: 1984-03-19
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Granted: 1987-01-27
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Expires: 2004-03-19
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Abstract

Abstract A repair device for removing an inner surface layer on a feed-water connector of a reactor pressure vessel received in a reactor housing having an assembly platform with a carriage displaceable thereon transversely to the reactor pressure vessel, the repair device includes centering means located at a lower end of a telescopically extensible upright tube suspended from the carriage for centering the lower end of the upright tube in the pressure vessel, the centering means having at least two outwardly swingable supports and a hydraulic system for swinging the two supports outwardly umbrella-like; a supporting frame for a feed rod also disposed at the lower end of the upright tube, the feed rod being horizontally self-supporting at an end thereof; a drive motor connected to the feed rod for rotating the feed-rod; means located at the self-supporting end of the feed rod for centrally fixing the self-supporting end in the feed-water connector of the reactor pressure vessel; and a horizontally displaceable turning machine tool mounted on the feed rod, the turning machine tool having a face plate and a radially movable holder for a turning tool bit carried by the mounting support.

Inventors

  • 👤 Siegfried Forner
  • 👤 Erich Katscher
  • 👤 Stefan Ring

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 23:16
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21C; G21C13/00; G21C13/02; G21C19/00; G21C19/20; G21C19/207; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 189 words
Repair device for removing an inner surface layer on a feed-water connector of a reactor pressure vessel received in a reactor housing having an assembly platform with a carriage displaceable thereon transversely to the reactor pressure vessel, the repair device comprising centering means located at a lower end of a telescopically extensible upright tube suspended from the carriage for centering said lower end of said upright tube in the pressure vessel, said centering means having at least two outwardly swingable supports and a hydraulic system for swinging said two supports outwardly umbrella-like; a supporting frame for a feed-rod also disposed at said lower end of said upright tube, said feed-rod being horizontally self-supporting at an end thereof; a drive motor connected to said feed rod for rotating said feed-rod; means located at said self-supporting end of said feed rod for centrally fixing said self-supporting end in the feed-water connector of the reactor pressure vessel, and a horizontally displaceable turning machine tool mounted on said feed rod, said turning machine tool having a face plate and a radially movable holder for a turning tool bit carried by said mounting support.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 189 words
Repair device for removing an inner surface layer on a feed-water connector of a reactor pressure vessel received in a reactor housing having an assembly platform with a carriage displaceable thereon transversely to the reactor pressure vessel, the repair device comprising centering means located at a lower end of a telescopically extensible upright tube suspended from the carriage for centering said lower end of said upright tube in the pressure vessel, said centering means having at least two outwardly swingable supports and a hydraulic system for swinging said two supports outwardly umbrella-like; a supporting frame for a feed-rod also disposed at said lower end of said upright tube, said feed-rod being horizontally self-supporting at an end thereof; a drive motor connected to said feed rod for rotating said feed-rod; means located at said self-supporting end of said feed rod for centrally fixing said self-supporting end in the feed-water connector of the reactor pressure vessel, and a horizontally displaceable turning machine tool mounted on said feed rod, said turning machine tool having a face plate and a radially movable holder for a turning tool bit carried by said mounting support.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 15 words
Repair device according to claim 1 wherein said outwardly swingable supports have axially extensible feet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 34 words
Repair device according to claim 1 wherein said movable holder for said turning tool bit has the shape of a pistol with said turning tool bit being disposed at a nuzzle of said pistol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 56 words
Repair device according to claim 1 wherein said turning machine tool comprises tracer control means for detecting the geometrical contour of the surface to be machined, said turning tool bit-holding additionally including a three-dimension tracer, said tracer control means being coupled, via an electronic memory, with control means for controlling feed movement of said turning tool-bit.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1990-01-26 1990-07-28 1991-01-27 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1994-01-26 1994-07-28 1995-01-27 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1998-01-26 1998-07-28 1999-01-27 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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