System for performing work in a hot cell

US5855540A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• PAR SYSTEMS, LLC · US

Inventors

• Albert J. Sturm, Jr. · Bocholt, DE
• Thomas E. Marrinan · Minneapolis, US
• Fred W. Hanson · White Bear Lake, US
• Dean R. LaValle · Centerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 5, 1999
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T483/17
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for performing work in a hot cell includes a support arm having a first end and a second end and a movable arm having an end selectively engageable with the first end to form a rigid connection. Complementary coupling devices are disposed on the first end of the support arm and on the end of the movable arm and mate together when the movable arm is joined to the support arm.