Quick release cushioned T.V. camera mount
US4650634A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 1983 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A refueling machine within a nuclear reactor facility includes an inner mast or gripper tube (12) to the bottom of which is secured a gripper assembly (16). An actuator tube (20) controls the gripper mechanisms of the gripper assembly (16), and in order to insure proper and accurate alignment of the gripper mechanisms with the fuel assembly nozzles, a television camera (26) is mounted within the actuator tube (20). A television monitor (34) is operatively connected to the television camera (26), the monitor (34) being disposed upon the refueling machine personnel trolley. The television camera (26) is removably mounted within the actuator tube (20) by a bayonet-type system which includes camera housing lugs (78) which are adapted to pass through slots (76), subsequent to which the camera housing (28) and the lugs (78) are rotated 90.degree. whereby the lugs (78) are seated within recesses (80). The mounting system further includes shock absorbing spring systems (52, 62) for isolating the camera (26 ) for vertically upwardly and vertically downwardly directed shock loads.
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