Device for the fitting of a blocking sleeve of a guide tube in a removable connector of a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor
US5118465A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53843
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The device comprises a pole (31) fastened to a handling and lifting means arranged above the pool in which the fuel assembly is placed underwater. The pole has at least one lower end part (32) or spindle, the diameter of which is less than the inside diameter of the blocking sleeve (25). This part (32) has a spring means (48) for retaining the blocking sleeve in the position engaged on the spindle, and a transversely arranged surface (38) for bearing on part of the sleeve (25), and a means (40) for the vertical movement of the pole (31).
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