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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:
Jan. 22, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Aime A Gehri, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; B67D / ; G21G / ; G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376261 ; 376265 ; 141286 ; 222 77 ;
Abstract
A feeding apparatus for the loading of the spherical nuclear fuel into a fuel rod. The apparatus feeds fuel of three different diameters into a fuel rod so that the three different sized spheres are appropriately packed to achieve sufficient density of fuel to be used in a nuclear reactor.