Handling tool for radioactive sources of logging while drilling devices

Abstract

Handling tool for radioactive sources of logging while drilling devices A handling tool (100) for securely handling a radioactive source (204) comprises a first securing device and a second securing device. The first securing device comprises a chamber (103), and an opening mechanism (105, 106) for opening the chamber (103). The opening mechanism opens the chamber when the chamber is brought in proximity with a source pocket that may contain a radioactive source 204, and the opening mechanism closes the chamber when the chamber is withdrawn from the source pocket 200. The second securing device comprises a gripping device (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117) to grip and release a radioactive source (204), and a positioning mechanism (109, 110, 116) for positioning the gripping device in the source pocket 200 or inside the chamber 103 of the first securing device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.