US3388942A - Gripper for a loading machine of a nuclear reactor - Google Patents

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US3388942A
US3388942A US551785A US55178566A US3388942A US 3388942 A US3388942 A US 3388942A US 551785 A US551785 A US 551785A US 55178566 A US55178566 A US 55178566A US 3388942 A US3388942 A US 3388942A
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Johnsson Erik Borje
Froman Karl Goran Ernst
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    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/10—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/10—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements
    • G21C19/105—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements with grasping or spreading coupling elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
    • G21C19/10—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements
    • G21C19/11—Lifting devices or pulling devices adapted for co-operation with fuel elements or with control elements with revolving coupling elements, e.g. socket coupling
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S294/00—Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
    • Y10S294/906—Atomic fuel handler

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  • the gripper is adapted to be suspended on a wire belonging to the loading machine, and to seize the upper portion of a fuel element to lift the element out of the reactor or to lower it into the reactor. It is the object of the invention to provide a gripper, having a minimum of moving parts, which can seize and release the fuel element merely by the suspending wire being actuated.
  • the gripper of the invention comprises a frame having on its lower portion at least two lifting hooks which can be moved between an inoperative position and an operative position in which they engage the upper portion of a fuel element which is to be lifted out of or lowered into the reactor, and an operating member which is movable in the frame and which is secured to a wire belonging to the loading machine, the operating member engaging the frame by means of a groove and a pin to the effect that a lowering and a subsequent lifting of the operating member relative to the frame produces a rotation of the operating member by a predetermined angle relative to the frame, the operating member being provided with two sets of shoulders to engage the lifting hooks, namely a first set holding the lifting hooks in their inoperative position and a second set holding them in their operative position, the two sets of shoulders being displaced a distance corresponding to said angle.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates, partly in section, a gripper of the invention having the lifting hooks in the operative position.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a part of the gripper, the lifting hooks being in the inoperative position.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-section along line llllll of FIG. 1.
  • the illustrated gripper comprises a frame consisting of three longitudinal portions 1 which are fastened to each other by an inner tubular part 15, an outer upper ring 16 and an outer lower ring 17.
  • the lower portion of the frame contains three horizontal axle journals supporting three lifting hooks 3.
  • Each axle journal 5 also supports a pawl 4 having on its lower end a roller 18 and on its upper end a blocking member 19.
  • the pawl 4 is actuated by a spring 20 urging the blocking member 19 inwardly.
  • a cylindrical operating member 2 extends axially through the centre of the frame.
  • the upper portion of the operating member 2 is suspended on a wire 21 operated by the loading machine.
  • Shoulders 24 of the frame 1 are positioned to cooperate with corresponding shoulders 25 of the operating member 2.
  • the outer surface of the operating member 2 contains a groove defined by an upper surface 22 having the shape of saw teeth and by a lower surface 23.
  • One or several pins 10 extend through the frame into said groove. When the operating member is lifted and lowered in the frame the groove and the pin will coact to rotate the operating member in the frame.
  • the lower end of the operating member 2 is provided with three shoulders 8. According to FIG. 1 said shoulders 8 keep the lifting hooks 3 in the operative position. On a somewhat higher level the operating member 2 is provided with three shoulders 12. According to FIG. 2 said shoulders 12 keep the lifting hooks in the inoperative position. The shoulders 12 are displaced by 60 relative to the shoulders 8. Consequently, the lifting books 3 will be in the operative position in every second position of the operating member 2, for instance when the pin 19 is in position 10a, and they will be in the inoperative position in every second position of the operating member 2, for instance when the pin 10 is in position 10c.
  • the outer surface of the operating member 2 contains a circumferential groove 28 engaging the blocking memher 19 of the pawl 4. In the position illustrated in FIG. 2 the operating member 2 cannot be moved in the axial direction relative to the frame 1.
  • a gripper for a loading machine of a nuclear reactor comprising a frame having on its lower portion at least two lifting hooks which can be moved between an inoperative position and an operative position in which they engage the upper portion of a fuel element which is to be lifted out of or lowered into the reactor, and an operating member which is movable in the frame and which is secured to a wire belonging to the loading machine, the operating member engaging the frame by means of a groove and a pin to the effect that a lowering and a subsequent lifting of the operating member relative to the frame produces a rotation of the operating member by a predetermined angle relative to the frame, the operating member being provided with two sets of shoulders to engage the lifting hooks, namely a first set holding the lifting hooks in their inoperative position and a second set holding them in their operative position, the two sets of shoulders being displaced a distance corresponding to said angle.
  • a gripper as claimed in claim 1 having three lifting 3 hooks, the operating member being adapted to rotate 60 References Cited upon being lowered and subsequently being lifted.
  • UNITED STATES PATENTS 3.
  • 5 FOREIGN PATENTS 4.
  • a gripper as claimed in claim 1 comprising block- 1334.480 W1963 France ing means to prevent a longitudinal movement of the operating member in the frame, said blocking means GERALD M FORLENZA Primary Examiner. containing a part extending radially to be actuated by a narrow portion of the channel for the fuel element. thus M) ABRAHAM, AS31314"! releasing the operating member.

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US3549491A (en) * 1968-11-21 1970-12-22 Atomic Energy Commission Nuclear reactor fuel element hold-down and tightening mechanism
US3764176A (en) * 1970-04-17 1973-10-09 Rech & Activities Petroliers E Tool for lowering or raising safety devices in oil wells
US3767063A (en) * 1971-06-23 1973-10-23 Chicago Rawhide Mfg Co Apparatus for removing parts from molding cavities
US4252360A (en) * 1979-06-12 1981-02-24 Gallaher Jr John K Mechanical handling apparatus
US4460536A (en) * 1981-06-15 1984-07-17 Salzgitter Ag Lifting device for nuclear power plants
US4618471A (en) * 1980-01-24 1986-10-21 Jeumont-Schneider Electromagnetic safety device of a screw/nut type
US4666200A (en) * 1985-05-28 1987-05-19 Remote Technology, Inc. Safety grapple
US4684499A (en) * 1985-12-10 1987-08-04 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Burnable absorber rod releasable latching structure
US5865491A (en) * 1997-08-04 1999-02-02 Lee; Kou-An Rotatable hoisting device for position adjustment
US5865493A (en) * 1997-04-03 1999-02-02 Lee; Kou-An Anchoring device for use with a hoisting machine
US20150357062A1 (en) * 2014-06-05 2015-12-10 Rolls-Royce Plc Gripper mechanism
US20200109034A1 (en) * 2018-10-05 2020-04-09 Nhon Hoa Nguyen Auto lock cable lifter
US11358838B2 (en) * 2019-09-24 2022-06-14 Helmerich & Payne Technologies UK Limited System and method for controlling the lifting and handling of a load

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US3199911A (en) * 1961-09-18 1965-08-10 Electricite De France Manipulator for loading machine

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US3199911A (en) * 1961-09-18 1965-08-10 Electricite De France Manipulator for loading machine
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US3549491A (en) * 1968-11-21 1970-12-22 Atomic Energy Commission Nuclear reactor fuel element hold-down and tightening mechanism
US3764176A (en) * 1970-04-17 1973-10-09 Rech & Activities Petroliers E Tool for lowering or raising safety devices in oil wells
US3767063A (en) * 1971-06-23 1973-10-23 Chicago Rawhide Mfg Co Apparatus for removing parts from molding cavities
US4252360A (en) * 1979-06-12 1981-02-24 Gallaher Jr John K Mechanical handling apparatus
US4618471A (en) * 1980-01-24 1986-10-21 Jeumont-Schneider Electromagnetic safety device of a screw/nut type
US4460536A (en) * 1981-06-15 1984-07-17 Salzgitter Ag Lifting device for nuclear power plants
US4666200A (en) * 1985-05-28 1987-05-19 Remote Technology, Inc. Safety grapple
US4684499A (en) * 1985-12-10 1987-08-04 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Burnable absorber rod releasable latching structure
US5865493A (en) * 1997-04-03 1999-02-02 Lee; Kou-An Anchoring device for use with a hoisting machine
US5865491A (en) * 1997-08-04 1999-02-02 Lee; Kou-An Rotatable hoisting device for position adjustment
US20150357062A1 (en) * 2014-06-05 2015-12-10 Rolls-Royce Plc Gripper mechanism
US9390821B2 (en) * 2014-06-05 2016-07-12 Rolls-Royce Plc Gripper mechanism
US20200109034A1 (en) * 2018-10-05 2020-04-09 Nhon Hoa Nguyen Auto lock cable lifter
US10889472B2 (en) * 2018-10-05 2021-01-12 Nhon Hoa Nguyen Auto lock cable lifter
US11148912B2 (en) * 2018-10-05 2021-10-19 Nhon Hoa Nguyen Auto lock cable lifter
US11358838B2 (en) * 2019-09-24 2022-06-14 Helmerich & Payne Technologies UK Limited System and method for controlling the lifting and handling of a load
US11618653B2 (en) 2019-09-24 2023-04-04 Helmerich & Payne Technologies UK Limited System and method for controlling the lifting and handling of a load
US11897732B2 (en) 2019-09-24 2024-02-13 Helmerich & Payne Technologies UK Limited System and method for controlling the lifting and handling of a load
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