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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:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Latge, Aix en Provence, FR;
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 555 ; 210186 ; 376312 ;
Abstract
It comprises an enclosure (1), a supply pipe (8) for introducing the liquid metal to be purified into enclosure (1), a distributor (10) for distributing the liquid metal on the periphery of the enclosure, cooling means (30, 32, 34) positioned externally of the enclosure (1) and downstream of distributor (10) for producing a cooling zone (28) for the liquid metal to purified, at least one oxide retention element (58), a discharge pipe (22) for discharging the purified liquid metal, structures (44) for the attachment of the hydrides located within the enclosure (1) and level with the external cooling means (30, 32, 34).