Powered operation device for a glove box and glove box equipped with such a device
AssigneesSTMI - Societe des Techniques en Milieu Ionisant, Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires
InventorsXavier Ladet, Jean-Pierre Alanore, Patrick Bolcato
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Abstract
A powered operation device for a glove box in a particular application to the field of nuclear fuel manufacturing. The device including a receiving portion designed to be driven by a motor part. The receiving portion has primary attachment means designed so as to enable this receiving portion to be mounted inside the glove box on a docking cylinder provided on the latter, and the motor part has secondary attachment means designed so as to enable this motor part to be mounted on the same docking cylinder, but outside the glove box.
Claims16
A glove box having at least one docking cylinder designed so as to be able to receive a piece of equipment, said glove box comprising:
- a powered operation device including a receiving portion located inside said glove box,
- wherein the receiving portion is driven by a motor part,
- wherein the receiving portion and the motor part of said powered operation device are coupled to a docking cylinder of said glove box,
- wherein the piece of equipment is held in the docking cylinder in a fixed position and separates the receiving portion and the motor part, and
- wherein a contactless drive is located between the receiving portion and the motor part.
A method for assembling a powered operation device on a glove box having at least one docking cylinder designed so as to be able to receive a piece of equipment, the method comprising:
- introducing said receiving portion of the powered operation device inside said glove box;
- mounting a receiving portion on a docking cylinder of said glove box;
- and
- mounting on the outside of said glove box a motor part on said docking cylinder,
- wherein the piece of equipment is held in the docking cylinder in a fixed position and separates the receiving portion and the motor part, and
- wherein a contactless drive is located between the receiving portion and the motor part.
A powered operation device comprising:
- a glove box having a window separating an enclosed area of the glove box from an exterior area;
- a docking cylinder coupled to a first side of the window and located within an enclosed area;
- an outer cylindrical portion coupled to a second opposed side of the window and located at the exterior area;
- and
- a vacuum device having a receiving portion and a motor portion, the receiving portion coupled to the docking cylinder and located within the enclosed area, the motor portion coupled to the outer cylindrical portion and located in the exterior area, wherein the receiving portion and motor portion having corresponding aligned magnets facing each other at a window interface in a contactless drive configuration, wherein rotation of at least one magnet in the motor portion causes at least one magnet of the receiving portion correspondingly rotate to operate the vacuum device to apply a suction force within the enclosed area of the glove box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.