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Nuclear facility pool cleaning device

US9779842B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

20Claims

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Assignee

Westinghouse Electric Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Strohmayer · Ladenburg, DE
Dominik Demtröder · Mannheim, DE
Udo Weintrager · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2015
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/30
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a nuclear facility pool cleaning device having a floating platform, capable of floating in water, having buoyancy bodies; a drive device for displacing the floating platform on the surface of a water-filled nuclear facility pool to be cleaned; a winching device connected to the floating platform; a pump which is winchable vertically by the winching device and has a vacuum hose, connected thereto at its first end, for cleaning the bottom of the nuclear facility pool; a remote control device for remotely operating at least the drive device and the winching device; an optional stationary external storage tank; and wherein the second end of the vacuum hose preferably leads at least indirectly into the stationary external storage tank.

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