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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:
Feb. 02, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1979
Ralph H Klumb, Simsbury, CT (US);
Kenneth V Margotta, Rockville, CT (US);
Divakar S Shendy, Windsor, CT (US);
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A machine for smoothly and controllably winding or unwinding a stiff in-core-instrument tube onto and off of a reel during ythe refueling of a nuclear reactor. The machine includes a frame (33) and a circular reel (32) having a substantially continuous helical groove (44) extending around the circumference of the reel. The groove is adapted to receive the tube (14). A plurality of cam rollers (52) are carried by the frame and closely spaced around the circumference of the reel. The rollers keep the tube in the groove whereby the tube may be more easily wound onto or off of the reel. In the preferred embodiment, the reel carries a disposable cartridge (46) in which the grooves are formed.