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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. 08, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Jolly, Freckleton, GB;
Assignee:
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ; B26F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
225-2 ; 225-4 ; 225 965 ; 225 98 ; 83880 ; 83885 ; 8392 / ; 2940 / ;
Abstract
Irradiated nuclear fuel pins (30) comprising metal-sheathed refractory pellets are rendered into short lengths by notching at a pair of notching wheels (14) and providing a deflector block (18) against which the notching wheels drive the notched pins to bend and brake them at the notches.