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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. 16, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rene Guilloteau, Verrieres Le Buisson, FR;
Assignee:
Societe Generale pour les Techniques Nouvelles S.G.N., Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ; B26D / ; B26D / ; B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83168 ; 83282 ; 83356 ; 833563 ; 8392 / ;
Abstract
A bundle of tubes filled with nuclear fuel is positioned in a machine with the lower end of the bundle adjacent a first rotary cutter which is operated to sever the lower ends of the tubes after which the bundle is moved to a position adjacent a second rotary cutter where the tubes are cut into short lengths by teeth carried by a second rotary cutter.