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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. 02, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glenn Federman, Adams, NY (US);
Assignee:
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Syracuse, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376260 ; 376254 ; 188 727 ; 242156 ;
Abstract
In a transversing incore probe system including a probe connected to a helix cable that is advanced into a drive assembly and is kept under high tension by a spring biased reel, a safety device is provided by a brake tool including a clamping assembly for clamping the brake tool in a fixed position relative to the reel, a head connected to the clamping assembly for releasable engagement with an outside circumferential surface of the reel, and a threaded shaft connected to the head and received within the clamping assembly for advancing the head toward and withdrawing the head from the reel.