Areva Nc

Luc Collette

Bruno Colin

Patrice Duval

Jean-Jacques Marchal

Position-indexed storage device comprising a support and a basket installed on the support, the basket comprising a plurality of compartments distributed around a longitudinal axis, the basket comprising a central passage with a longitudinal axis, the support comprising a shaft with a longitudinal axis, the shaft being housed in the passage such that relative displacement is possible between the basket and the support along the longitudinal axis, and mechanical means for displacement of the basket relative to the support by a given angle about the longitudinal axis are supported by the internal surface of the passage and the external surface of the shaft, said mechanical displacement means being actuated in each cycle, each cycle comprising a relative separation or approach displacement along the longitudinal axis of the basket and the support.

Storage device

The handling device for cases and boxes contained in the cases, comprising a housing intended to receive a case, said housing being closed at a first longitudinal end and open at a second longitudinal end, a holding device () mounted at the level of the second end of the housing, the latter comprising two clamping jaws, said clamping jaws applying a clamping force to the case (E), an actuator for opening and closing said jaws, two stop jaws (), each () being supported by a clamping jaw and being articulated in a free manner about and relative to the clamping jaw, springs () connecting said stop jaws (), such that opening of the clamping jaws causes opening of the stop jaws () and the stop jaws () can be opened independently of the clamping jaws.

Device for handling cases containing objects

Device for handling objects in a glove box comprising a carriage () to support the objects to be handled, a base () relative to which the carriage () can be moved along a horizontal axis (X), means of driving the carriage () along the first axis (X), these drive means comprising an electric motor () arranged such that its drive shaft is orthogonal to the axis (X) and projects opposite the base (), a transmission shaft () parallel to the motor (), a rack () fixed to the base () along the axis (X) and a pinion () directly fixed in rotation to the transmission shaft () and engaging with the rack (), a transmission belt () mechanically connecting the drive shaft of the motor () to the transmission shaft (), the electric motor () being declutchable and the carriage possibly being moved manually along the axis (X).

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Pont Saint Esprit, France

Luc Collette