Nuclear fuel pellet loading apparatus

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1980-03-05

1982-06-01

Culver, Horace M.

Package making

Depositing articles and arranging material in preformed...

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414 99, 193 32, B65B 510, B65B 328

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043321208

ABSTRACT:
This invention provides a loading mechanism for directing nuclear fuel pellets from one elevation to a lower container via gravity. The mechanism includes a loading chute into which the pellets are deposited and a vertically movable platform therebelow supporting a replaceable container to receive the pellets from the chute. The chute includes a plurality of generally oppositely downwardly angled resiliently covered plates defining a zig-zag path through the chute to limit the accumulation of momentum to the pellets, and the platform is spring-biased against the accumulated weight of the pellets and container so as to be continuously lowered as the weight thereof increases as the pellets are deposited in the container.

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