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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:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew W Ales, Amherst, VA (US);
Steve K Brown, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Larry D Dixon, Forest, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376353 ; 376463 ; 285320 ; 403197 ;
Abstract
A flexureless insert guide assembly. An annular shaped body inserted through the hole in a guide structure card has spring loaded arms pivotally mounted in the body which snap outward to retain the assembly in place. The assembly has an exterior groove adapted to receive removal tooling which causes retraction of the arms for removal of the assembly.