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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert H Sturges, Jr, Plum Boro, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376270 ;
Abstract
A manipulator for transferring fuel assemblies between inclined fuel chutes for a liquid metal nuclear reactor. Hoisting means are mounted on a mount supported by beams rotatably attached by pins to the mount and to the floor. Rotation of the beams can be impelled by a one dimensional movement causing the manipulator to accomplish a complicated, two dimensional transfer.