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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Peter W. Gibbons, Kennewick, WA (US);
Stephen W. Hiller, Kennewick, WA (US);
Calen Kaneko, Seattle, WA (US);
Owen Dean Nelson, Richland, WA (US);
Ashok Odedra, Bellevue, WA (US);
P. Harley Park, Bellevue, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A rod transfer assembly has an outer rotating plug. A pick-up arm assembly extends from the outer rotating plug and includes a pivoting arm. An inner rotating plug is disposed off-center from and within the outer rotating plug and is rotatable independent of a rotation of the outer rotating plug. An access port rotating plug is disposed off-center from and within the inner rotating plug and is rotatable independent of rotation of the outer and inner rotating plugs. A pull arm extends from the access port rotating plug.