Remotely replaceable tokamak plasma limiter tiles

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:866894

Tsuo, Simon ^[1]

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1. (Lakewood, CO), Langford, Alison A. (Boulder, CO)

U-shaped limiter tiles placed end-to-end over a pair of parallel runners secured to a wall have two rods which engage L-shaped slots in the runners. The short receiving legs of the L-shaped slots are perpendicular to the wall and open away from the wall, while long retaining legs are parallel to and adjacent the wall. A sliding bar between the runners has grooves with clips to retain the rods pressed into receiving legs of the L-shaped slots in the runners. Sliding the bar in the direction of retaining legs of the L-shaped slots latches the tiles in place over the runners. Resilient contact strips between the parallel arms of the U-shaped tiles and the wall assure thermal and electrical contact with the wall.

• Research Organization: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-84ER53158
• Assignee: United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4816205
• OSTI ID: 866894
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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