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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. 02, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis Guironnet, Lyons, FR;
Michel Bline, L'Arbresle, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376261 ; 29255 ; 294 93 ;
Abstract
The device comprises a pole (31) fastened to a handling and lifting means arranged above the pool in which the fuel assembly is placed underwater. The pole has at least one lower end part (32) or spindle, the diameter of which is less than the inside diameter of the blocking sleeve (25). This part (32) has a spring means (48) for retaining the blocking sleeve in the position engaged on the spindle, and a transversely arranged surface (38) for bearing on part of the sleeve (25), and a means (40) for the vertical movement of the pole (31).