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Control rod driveline and grapple

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5447457
A control rod driveline and grapple for engaging and releasing a control rod from a control rod drive is described comprising an enlarged control rod handle including an upwardly flaring frustum and a rod extending from the control rod handle; a relatively moving outer member; a tension rod connected to the relatively moving outer member at the upper end and provided with a lower annular flange at the lower end, the tension rod including a female cavity for receiving the upwardly extending rod from the enlarged control rod handle; a discrete and independent grapple segments for surrounding and grappling the control rod handle, each grapple segment including a first indentation for engaging and gripping the flange of the tension rod at an upper and interior annulus.
Assignee:
General Electric Co., San Jose, CA
Patent Number(s):
US 4713210
OSTI ID:
5447457
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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