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Device and method for repairing a damaged area in an underwater wall region of a container or tank

US9666314B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AREVA GMBH · US

Inventors

Georg Krämer · Ebermannstadt, DE
Konrad Meier-Hynek · Herzogenaurach, DE
Lothar Nehr · Hallstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 31, 2012
Grant date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 10, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/52
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device of repairing a damaged area in an underwater wall region of a container or tank, in particular in the wall region of a tank of a nuclear reactor installation. The device has a guide system that can be mounted along a side wall, at a distance therefrom, and can be secured thereto. At least one first carriage is fitted onto the track of the guide system and movable in a longitudinal direction of the guide system. On the carriage there is displaceably mounted a receptacle for a repair overlay, which can be applied with an adhesive surface to the wall region containing the damaged area. At least one suction mount that is connected to a suction line is disposed on the first carriage and can be suctioned to the side wall.

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