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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:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy T Hardin, Jr, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
James R Marshall, Penn Hills Township, Allegheny County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376264 ; 376203 ; 49235 ;
Abstract
An emergency transfer tube closure for a nuclear reactor well comprising an elongated, vertically-extending, U-shaped guide laterally disposed on each side of the transfer tube, a closure plate vertically disposed between the guides having rollers thereon riding within the guides permitting movement of the closure plate downwardly into sealing engagement with the transfer tube under emergency conditions.