US 9,914,587 B2Granted

Storage device

AssigneeAreva Nc

InventorsBruno Colin, Luc Collette

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Abstract

Position-indexed storage device comprising a support and a basket installed on the support, the basket comprising a plurality of compartments distributed around a longitudinal axis, the basket comprising a central passage with a longitudinal axis, the support comprising a shaft with a longitudinal axis, the shaft being housed in the passage such that relative displacement is possible between the basket and the support along the longitudinal axis, and mechanical means for displacement of the basket relative to the support by a given angle about the longitudinal axis are supported by the internal surface of the passage and the external surface of the shaft, said mechanical displacement means being actuated in each cycle, each cycle comprising a relative separation or approach displacement along the longitudinal axis of the basket and the support.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A storage device for storing at least one nuclear material, the storage device comprising:

a basket comprising a plurality of compartments distributed around a longitudinal axis and a central passage extended along said longitudinal axis,
a support on which the basket is mounted, said support comprising a shaft extending along said longitudinal axis, the shaft being housed in the passage, the basket being configured to be displaced along said longitudinal axis and around said longitudinal axis relative to the support, and
mechanical displacement means for displacing in rotation the basket relative to the support by a given angle about said longitudinal axis, said mechanical displacement means being disposed on comprised by an internal surface of the passage and an external surface of the shaft and configured to rotate the basket relative to the support during an operating cycle that comprises a relative separation displacement of the basket along said longitudinal axis and a relative approach displacement of the basket along said longitudinal axis.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/402,484Filed 21 May 2013
Priority: FR 12 5466422 May 2012
Published: US 2015/0129736 A114 May 2015
Granted: 13 Mar 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

B65G 1/12
Mechanical: with separate article supports or holders movable in a closed circuit to facilitate insertion or removal of articles the articles…
G21C 19/065
Magazines for holding fuel elements or control elements: rotatable magazines
G21F 5/065
Details of, or accessories to, the containers: containers provided with a rotatable drum
G21F 5/14
Details of, or accessories to, the containers: devices for handling containers or shipping-casks, e.g. transporting devices loading and unloading,…