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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Marco Acosta Rodriguez, Monterrey, MX;

Carl Edward Erikson, Schenectady, NY (US);

Marshall Gordon Jones, Scotia, NY (US);

Angel Luis Ortiz, Jr., Saratoga Springs, NY (US);

Walter Whipple, III, Amsterdam, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/50 ;
Abstract

An apparatus is provided for resiliently mounting a photomultiplier tube. The tube is sequentially tapped to move a debris particle therein. The tube is initially inclined for moving the particle to a staging site. The tube may then be re-oriented horizontally for moving the debris particle from the staging site to a target site for subsequent laser blasting thereof.


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