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Device for checking the guide elements of a guide tube for the upper internals of a pressurized water nuclear reactor

US5404381A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1993
Grant dateApr 4, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The checking device comprises a mast (10) extending vertically in its service position and centered in the central free space of the guide tube, a flat blade-shaped element (36) pivoting on the lower part of the mast (10), a sensor (42) rotating about a pin on an outer end (36a) of the blade-shaped element, and a device (39) for rotating and powering the sensor (42) and for gathering the measurement signals emitted by it (42).

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