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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. 28, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence R Hayes, Ringgold, GA (US);
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376248 ; 376249 ; 165 112 ;
Abstract
A motorized transporter is placed at the periphery of the tube bundle which extends up from the tube sheet within a nuclear steam generator shell. The transporter can be separated into parts as required to move it into and out of the limited space between the tube bundle and inside wall of the generator. A control station external the generator is connected by flexible cables to the transporter and its equipment in order to move the transporter, observe the transporter path for foreign objects, and retrieve such objects.