Patent · US Expired

Electromagnetic safety device of a screw/nut type

US4618471A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 13, 1983
Grant dateOct 21, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S294/906
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A safety device to be applied to the vertical displacement of, for example, the control rods of a nuclear reactor, comprises the combination of a stator placed on the outside upper part of an impervious, nonmagnetic cylinder within the inside of which a rotor is mounted about its shaft, free in axial translation, with the shaft rotatable with the rotor but fixed in translation, and with the rotation of the shaft transferred to a hollow threaded rod which will transfer rotation to a nut slidable vertically inside the cylinder, supporting the control rods therebelow; the rotor also controlling the opening and closing of a jaw for holding and releasing the hollow threaded rod.

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