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US 10,504,632 B2Granted
Canister movement assembly for transfer, rotation, and/or inspection
AssigneeTN Americas LLC
InventorsUwe Wolf, Aleksandr Kofman, Anthony Payumo Villaflores
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Abstract
A movement system for moving a dry shielded canister includes a stabilization portion, and a canister support portion engaged with the stabilization portion, the canister support portion including a roller interface for supporting and moving a canister. A method of moving a dry shielded canister includes moving a roller interface from a retracted position to an extended position to engage with the canister; and moving the canister.
Claims19
A movement system for moving a dry shielded canister, the system comprising:
- a stabilization portion;
- and
- a canister support portion engaged with the stabilization portion and configured for lateral movement between an extended position of the canister support portion and a retracted position of the canister support portion relative to the stabilization portion, wherein the canister support portion extends from the stabilization portion when in the extended position of the canister support portion, the canister support portion including a roller interface for supporting and moving a canister, wherein the roller interface is configured for movement between at least extended and retracted positions of the roller interface relative to the canister support portion, wherein the roller interface is configured to be engageable with the canister when in the extended position of the roller interface and is configured to be retracted from the canister when in the retracted position of the roller interface, and wherein the roller interface includes at least two spaced roller surfaces each oriented to be tangential to the outer surface of the canister.
A method of moving a dry shielded canister into or out of a horizontal storage module (HSM), the method comprising:
- laterally moving a canister support portion engaged with a stabilization portion from a retracted position of the canister support portion to an extended position of the canister support portion relative to the stabilization portion to extend within a horizontal storage module, wherein the canister support portion extends from the stabilization portion when in the extended position of the canister support portion and wherein the canister support portion includes a roller interface;
- moving the roller interface from a retracted position of the roller interface relative to the canister support portion to an extended position of the roller interface relative to the canister support portion to engage with the canister, wherein the roller interface includes at least two spaced roller surfaces each oriented to be tangential to an outer surface of the canister;
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- moving the canister along the roller interface into or out of the horizontal storage module.
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A horizontal transfer system for moving a dry shielded canister, the system comprising:
- a stabilization portion;
- and
- a canister support portion engaged with the stabilization portion and configured for lateral translational movement between an extended position of the canister support portion and a retracted position of the canister support portion relative to the stabilization portion, wherein the canister support portion extends from the stabilization portion when in the extended position of the canister support portion, the canister support portion including a roller interface for supporting and moving a canister, wherein the roller interface is configured for vertical movement between at least extended and retracted positions of the roller interface relative to the canister support portion, wherein the roller interface is configured to be engageable with the canister when in the extended position of the roller interface and is configured to be retracted from the canister when in the retracted position of the roller interface.
A method of moving a dry shielded canister, the method comprising:
- laterally moving a canister support portion engaged with a stabilization portion from a retracted position of the canister support portion to an extended position of the canister support portion relative to the stabilization portion, wherein the canister support portion extends from the stabilization portion when in the extended position of the canister support portion and wherein the canister support portion includes a roller interface;
- moving the roller interface in at least a vertical direction from a retracted position of the roller interface relative to the canister support portion to an extended position of the roller interface relative to the canister support portion to engage with the canister;
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- moving the canister along the roller interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.