Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Miscellaneous compound implement
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-04
2007-09-04
Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3652)
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Miscellaneous compound implement
C294S064200
Reexamination Certificate
active
10534539
ABSTRACT:
A grab for lifting barrels stored in a well includes a grasp system provided for example with suction caps for slightly raising a barrel and movable arms provided with extendable fingers used for embracing the barrel and forming a solid support therefore. The elements are provided with cameras and optical fibers to illuminate and inspect the barrel before lifting it. The grab is provided with a mechanism for centering it on the barrel. The grab can be used for processing nuclear fuels.
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Faure Robert
Goubot Jean-Marc
Commissariat a l''Energie Atomique
Crawford Gene O.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
Okezie Esther O.
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