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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1992
Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which can insert a plurality of hooks into slits of a strap constructing a grid and to hold springs so that the spaces of grid cells are enlarged simultaneously. The enlargement enables insertion of fuel rods into the cells. The apparatus comprises a frame member adapted to attach to the strap along the longitudinal direction thereof, a pair of clamping members engaged the frame member and extending in the longitudinal direction of the strap. Each clamping member can move along the longitudinal direction of the strap. The clamping member has a plurality of projecting hooks arranged in the longitudinal direction of the strap in a spaced relation to one another. The end of the hooks of one of the clamping means are bent toward a longitudinal direction of the strap, while the hooks of another clamping means are bent toward another longitudinal direction of the strap.