Reactor component automatic grapple

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:864432

Greenaway, Paul R ^[1]

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1. Bethel Park, PA

A grapple for handling nuclear reactor components in a medium such as liquid sodium which, upon proper seating and alignment of the grapple with the component as sensed by a mechanical logic integral to the grapple, automatically seizes the component. The mechanical logic system also precludes seizure in the absence of proper seating and alignment.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4362692
• OSTI ID: 864432
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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