Glove box for water pit applications

Patent · Tue Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:941086

Mills, William C ^[1]; Rabe, Richard A ^[2]

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1. Richland, WA
2. North Fork, ID

A glove box assembly that includes a glove box enclosure attached to a longitudinally extending hollow tube having an entranceway, wherein the portion of the tube is in a liquid environment. An elevator member is provided for raising an object that is introduced into the hollow tube from the liquid environment to a gas environment inside the glove box enclosure while maintaining total containment.

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (BAPL), West Mifflin, PA
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-88PN38014
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 6,843,541
• Application Number: 10/162,612
• OSTI ID: 941086
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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