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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1982
Friedrich Krieger, Wurzburg, DE;
Otto Weis, Oberpleichfeld, DE;
Gg. Noell GmbH, Wurzburg, DE;
Abstract
A manipulator for a nuclear reactor is disposed about the upper region of the reactor case. A horizontal guide rail is supported by a slewing track ring mounted on the reactor vessel. A slide is movable along and guided by the horizontal guide rail and a rotatably and vertically movable gripper is attached to the slide where the parts surrounding the gripper are provided with a vertical slot. The gripper can comprise a rotatable post tiltable around a horizontal axis, a vertical slide disposed on the post and vertically movable and a material pick-up device attched to the vertical slide. The vertical slide and the materials pick-up can be moved from below to above the level of the guide rail and vice versa.