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Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Timothy J Denmeade

Richard F Guardiani

Richard Duane Pollick

Charles P Nyilas

Equipment carrying case

The telecommunications equipment transportation apparatus of the present invention is comprised of components including a base section, a container section and a harness system. The base provides a suspension which forms the supporting foundation for the unit and the equipment stored therein, and houses a power circuit that includes electrical outlet(s) for providing battery or generator-supplied alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) power to the transported telecommunications equipment. The container is comprised of compartments that can be totally sealed for transport and storage, along with panel(s) which open to allow access to the viewing monitor and controls of transported equipment such as computers and TV sets. The container preferably provides a mounting point for the base and incorporates flexible ventilated structural panels along one or more or all surfaces and includes an internal strapping arrangement to provide an adjustable locking mechanism to secure and contain the transported equipment. The harness system is designed for multiple application use to accommodate placement of the transported equipment in different locations and configurations, and includes fasteners and straps designed to secure the system both from the interior and exterior, along with multiple attachment points to allow for adjustment of either the external harness system and/or internal harness system to accommodate differently sized and/or constructed anchoring points for the unit. An optional carrying strap is designed so the system can be transported as a hand held unit, and fasteners and straps can be arranged so that the unit can be hung from any mounting point. The unit optionally includes a modular storage case which is used for storage of accessories and personal items, which can be opened and hinged down or removed entirely from the unit in order to allow carrying or positioning in a different location.

Telecommunications equipment transportation apparatus

A transfer pump used in a waste tank for transferring high-level radioactive liquid waste from a waste tank and having a column assembly, a canned electric motor means, and an impeller assembly with an upper impeller and a lower impeller connected to a shaft of a rotor assembly. The column assembly locates a motor housing with the electric motor means adjacent to the impeller assembly which creates an hydraulic head, and which forces the liquid waste, into the motor housing to cool the electric motor means and to cool and/or lubricate the radial and thrust bearing assemblies. Hard-on-hard bearing surfaces of the bearing assemblies and a ring assembly between the upper impeller and electric motor means grind large particles in the liquid waste flow. Slots in the static bearing member of the radial bearing assemblies further grind down the solid waste particles so that only particles smaller than the clearances in the system can pass therethrough, thereby resisting damage to and the interruption of the operation of the transfer pump. The column assembly is modular so that sections can be easily assembled, disassembled and/or removed. A second embodiment employs a stator jacket which provides an alternate means for cooling the electric motor means and lubricating and/or cooling the bearing assemblies, and a third embodiment employs a variable level suction device which allows liquid waste to be drawn into the transfer pump from varying and discrete levels in the waste tank.

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Lower Burrell, PA, United States of America

Timothy J Denmeade