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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Meuschke, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Harry N Andrews, Murrysville Boro, PA (US);
Anthony A Massaro, Jr, Export, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04G / ; G21F / ; G21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
182 46 ; 182128 ; 182142 ; 250517 ;
Abstract
Described is a movable work station apparatus including travelling-hoist supported tools and a vertically and rotarywise movable frame-carried radiation-shielded enclosure, or gondola, for working personnel involved in tube-bundle-replacement tasks performed within the shell of a steam generator in a nuclear plant. The enclosure, or gondola, is divided and accommodates four upright workers in mutually-facing pairs at opposite sides of a work-accommodating clearanceway observable and accessible from the gondola interior via lead glass windows and hand holes.