Connector device for two reactor containments
AssigneesCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Euritech
InventorsMichel Reboul, Charles Glachet
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Abstract
In order to place in sealed communication two reactor containments provided with openings capable of having a displacement between their axes, an assembly (12) is placed between the flanges (B.sub.1, B.sub.2) delimiting these openings, said assembly comprising two mobile linking parts (30a, 30b) according to a common axis, these parts bearing lip seals (36a, 36b) coming to take sealed support on the flanges under the action of a control (52) and springs (44) mechanism. Two double doors (14a, 14b) can be placed inside the openings and the linking parts in order to ensure separation of the containments. These double doors are formed of doors (16a, 18a, 16b, 18b) interconnected by means of magnets (62a, 64a, 62b, 64b) authorizing a certain relative sliding.
Claims14
A disconnectable device for connecting two reactor containments each having a connecting opening delimited by a flange, the connecting openings of the two containments being approximately aligned according to a common axis and the flanges being spaced at an approximate given distance, whereby this device comprises:
- an assembly to place in communication the connecting openings of the containments in a sealed way with respect to the exterior of the containments, this assembly comprising a reference part provided with immobilization means with respect to the flanges of the cells, two linking parts cooperating with the reference part by means of rotary immobilization means around the axis of the connecting openings, these linking parts cooperating together in a sealed way so as to define an internal passage suitable for connecting the connecting openings, each of the linking parts bearing at least one sealing device suitable for coming to take sealed support on one of the flanges, said assembly finally comprising means to control a relative displacement between the linking parts parallel to said axis, and
- at least one double door each formed of two doors kept attached by magnetic devices authorizing a limited relative sliding between the doors, these two doors able to come and be nested in a sealed way respectively inside the connecting opening formed in the flange of one of the containments and the passage formed in the adjacent linking part when said assembly ensures a sealed communication between the containments.
A device as recited in claim wherein elastic means are inserted between the linking parts so as to stress the latter when spacing them from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.