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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Robert K. Dorosko, Wilmington, NC (US);
Colin F. Kelemen, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert K. Dorosko, Wilmington, NC (US);
Colin F. Kelemen, Wilmington, NC (US);
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A take-up spool may include a first plurality of rollers arranged in a left handed helical pattern, a second plurality of rollers below the first plurality of rollers and arranged in a right handed helical pattern, a third plurality of rollers arranged in an S-shaped pattern, the third plurality of rollers being arranged between the first and second plurality of rollers, a guide configured to move vertically, the guide being arranged at a first side of the first plurality of rollers, and a clamp configured to move vertically, the clamp being arranged at a second side of the first plurality of rollers.