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Glove box shield

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5377222
A shield for a glove box housing radioactive material is comprised of spaced apart clamping members which maintain three overlapping flaps in place therebetween. There is a central flap and two side flaps, the side flaps overlapping at the interior edges thereof and the central flap extending past the intersection of the side flaps in order to insure that the shield is always closed when the user wthdraws his hand from the glove box. Lead loaded neoprene rubber is the preferred material for the three flaps, the extent of lead loading depending upon the radiation levels within the glove box.
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-06-1830
Assignee:
TIC; EDB-80-085110; ERA-05-029444
Patent Number(s):
None
OSTI ID:
5377222
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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