Stack forming apparatus
CA 1280773 C · Owner: Rice, Thomas Gerard · Inventors: Rice, Thomas Gerard; Billington, Alan James
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Bodies such as nuclear fuel pellets are formed into a stack in a stacking lane (34) and the length of the stack is measured at intervals by device (40) to determine if the partly-formed stack is drifting away from a target length. Pellets are issued into the stacking zone (34) by a selector mechanism (32) the, input of which receives pellets from three lanes (24 26, 28) containing oversize, undersize and intermediate size pellets and the pellets issued to the stacking lane (34) are selected under the control of microprocessor-based unit (18) according to the extent of any drift from the target value. The pellets in lanes (24 26, 28) are, derived from a common supply (12) following …
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- Granted February 26, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 26, 2008.
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