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Title: Container cover closure apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to handling and/or storing hazardous waste materials, such as radioactive materials, and is more specifically directed to loading and/or unloading radioactive material into or out of a container, such as a drum, by remote operation, and more particularly the present invention relates to the remote opening and/or closing of a container secured by a compression ring.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Scotia, NY
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
873401
Patent Number(s):
6151862
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B65 - CONVEYING B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC12-76SN00052
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
container; cover; closure; apparatus; relates; handling; storing; hazardous; waste; materials; radioactive; specifically; directed; loading; unloading; material; drum; remote; operation; particularly; closing; secured; compression; radioactive material; hazardous waste; active material; waste material; waste materials; radioactive materials; active materials; remote operation; storing hazardous; unloading radioactive; /53/

Citation Formats

Griesau, Richard A. Container cover closure apparatus. United States: N. p., 2000. Web.
Griesau, Richard A. Container cover closure apparatus. United States.
Griesau, Richard A. Sat . "Container cover closure apparatus". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/873401.
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