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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Ernst Suter, Kolliken, CH;
Inventor:
Ernst Suter, Kolliken, CH;
Assignee:
Areva T&O AG, Oberentfelden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 59/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An actuator having a frame which is fixed to an electric motor; a gear drive for transmitting motion from the motor to a drive shaft between two predetermined positions, and a brake consisting of a coil spring, having, when relaxed, an inside diameter that is smaller than the outside diameter of a support shaft that is fixed relative to the gear drive, and around which the spring is coiled, each of the two free ends of the spring being arranged in a respective slot, formed in the frame.