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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:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon K Rusch, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Donald J Keefe, Lemont, IL (US);
William P McDowell, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 / ;
Abstract
There is provided a nuclear reactor count-factor-increase time monitoring circuit which includes a pulse-type neutron detector, and means for counting the number of detected pulses during specific time periods. Counts are compared and the comparison is utilized to develop a reactor scram signal, if necessary.