Published December 17, 1985 | Version v1
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Evacuate and backfill apparatus and method

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Description

An apparatus and method for treatment of hollow articles by evacuating existing gas or gases therefrom and purging or backfilling the articles with a second gas such as helium. The apparatus includes a sealed enclosure having an article storage drum mounted therein. A multiplicity of such articles are fed singly into the enclosure and loaded into radial slots formed in the drum. The enclosure is successively evacuated and purged with helium to replace the existing gas in the articles with helium. The purged articles are then discharged singly from the drum and transported out of the enclosure

Availability note (English)

U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
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IPC:
Int. Cl. B65B 31/02.
IPC
Int. Cl. B65B 31/02.
Patent number
US patent document 4,558,982/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17078854
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
DEGASSING; FABRICATION; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUEL CANS; FUEL PELLETS; FUEL PINS; HELIUM; MAGNETIC FORCE WELDING; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NITROGEN; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SEALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SPECIFICATIONS; URANIUM OXIDES; VACUUM PUMPS; VACUUM SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; BREEDER REACTORS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EQUIPMENT; FAST REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; JOINING; MATERIALS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPS; RARE GASES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WELDING

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Notes
PAT-APPL-625325.