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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:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Steven Bruce Shelton, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gerald Martin Latter, Wilmington, NC (US);
Inventors:
Steven Bruce Shelton, Wilmington, NC (US);
Gerald Martin Latter, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
Global Nuclear Fuel — Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A debris trap catches debris falling through a fuel bundle orifice in a nuclear reactor. The debris trap includes a shaft and a debris capture tray attached to an end of the shaft. The debris capture tray includes a tray cavity sized larger than the fuel bundle orifice.