# US 10,504,632 B2 · Canister movement assembly for transfer, rotation, and/or inspection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,504,632 B2 - Document ID: US10504632B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/365,612 - Filed: 2016-11-30 - Published: 2017-06-01 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-30 - Assignees: TN Americas LLC - Applicants: Tn Americas LLC - Inventors: Uwe Wolf; Aleksandr Kofman; Anthony Payumo Villaflores - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504632B2 ## CPC - G21F 5/14: Devices for handling containers or shipping-casks, e.g. transporting devices {loading and unloading, filling of containers (cranes, load-engaging elements or devices for cranes, capstans, winches or tackles B66C)} - G21C 19/07: Storage racks; Storage pools - G21C 19/32: Apparatus for removing radioactive objects or materials from the reactor discharge area, e.g. to a storage place; Apparatus for handling radioactive objects or materials within a storage place or removing them therefrom (disposal of waste material G21F9/00) - G21F: PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR (radiation protection by pharmaceutical means A61K8/00, A61Q17/04; in cosmonautic vehicles B64G1/54; combined with a reactor G21C11/00; combined with X-ray tubes H01J35/16; combined with X-ray apparatus H05G1/02) - G21C: NUCLEAR REACTORS (fusion reactors, hybrid fission-fusion reactors G21B; nuclear explosives G21J) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the canister support portion is slidingly engaged with the stabilization portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the roller interface includes a plurality of roller rails. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the roller rails include a plurality of rollers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the roller rails are configurable for orientation in a stowed position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the roller rails are configurable for translational or rotational movement or both. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, further comprising a support vehicle to which the stabilization portion is coupled. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, further comprising a canister inspection system to inspect the canister as it moves on the roller rails. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a canister inspection system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the stabilization portion is a horizontal storage module (HSM). ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the canister support portion is coupled to a horizontal storage module (HSM). ### Claim 12 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; and moving the canister along the roller interface into or out of the horizontal storage module. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising moving the canister translationally or rotationally or both. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the canister is moved rotationally while in the horizontal storage module. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising retracting the roller interface after moving the canister. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising retracting the canister support portion after retracting the roller interface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising inspecting the canister while moving the canister. ### Claim 18 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. ### Claim 19 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; and moving the canister along the roller interface.