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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7272204 | Method and apparatus for clamping a riser brace assembly in nuclear reactor An apparatus and method are provided which are designed to structurally replace welds that attach a riser brace assembly to a jet pump riser pipe. The riser brace assembly may include an upper clamp assembly, a lower clamp assembly, and a plurality of mechanical fas... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6876715 | Measurement system of torsion vibration for reactor internal pump Object of this invention is to provide an axial torsional vibration measurement device of the reactor internal pump capable of measuring the axial torsional vibration easily. The vibration detector 2 that detects vibration in the radial direction, and the sou... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6751281 | Measurement system of torsion vibration for reactor internal pump Object of this invention is to provide an axial torsional vibration measurement device of the reactor internal pump capable of measuring the axial torsional vibration easily. The vibration detector 2 that detects vibration in the radial direction, and the sou... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6654437 | Method of repairing a labyrinth seal of a diffuser in a primary pump of a nuclear power station The invention relates to a method of repairing the labyrinth seal of a diffuser in a primary pump, the diffuser being of the type comprising a peripheral skirt and a circular end wall having an orifice provided with the labyrinth seal. The method consists... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6587535 | Jet pump slip joint labyrinth seal method Methods for cutting a labyrinth seal in a nuclear reactor jet pump assembly are described. In one embodiment, the method includes removing an irradiated jet pump inlet mixer from the jet pump assembly, positioning the jet pump inlet mixer underwater, and ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6504888 | Apparatus and methods of flow measurement for a boiling water reactor internal pump A reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for a nuclear reactor that permits measurement of the flow through each reactor internal pump (RIP) is described. The reactor pressure vessel also includes at least one reactor internal pump that includes an impeller and a ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6052425 | Jet pump auxiliary wedge An auxiliary wedge apparatus configured to couple to the restrainer bracket of a jet pump assembly is described. In one embodiment, the auxiliary wedge apparatus includes a support block configured to couple to the restrainer bracket, and a wedge configur... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5515407 | Jet pump assembly for recirculating coolant through a recirculation loop of a boiling water reactor vessel A jet pump assembly for recirculating coolant through a recirculation loop of a boiling water reactor vessel, the jet pump assembly comprises a jet pump in operative association with the recirculation loop for forcing the coolant through the recirculation... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5367546 | Fluid sampling system for a nuclear reactor A system of extracting fluid samples, either liquid or gas, from the interior of a nuclear reactor containment utilizes a jet pump. To extract the sample fluid, a nonradioactive motive fluid is forced through the inlet and discharge ports of a jet pump lo... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5108695 | Ventilating system for an emergency feedwater enclosure in a nuclear power plant A ventilating system for an enclosure in a nuclear power plant is provided. The enclosure houses an emergency feedwater pump and its driver steam turbine. An eductor mounted in the enclosure is supplied with steam exhausting from the driver steam turbine.... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4440719 | Steam driven water injection The multistage injection of water into the pressure vessel of a nuclear reactor including the steam-driven injection of water using steam generated by the reactor, the stages of injection subject to the cooling of water heated by the steam, whereby the pr... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4347623 | Flash jet coolant pumping system The system removes heat from a vessel containing the source of heat, utilizing hot water heated by energy released in the vessel as the power supply. The hot water passes through a subcooler and a convergent-divergent nozzle of a flash jet pump where it i... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4036020 | Method and apparatus for producing a directed, high-velocity stream of compressible fluid A directed, high-velocity stream of compressible fluid is produced and put to use (as in a turbine) by adding heat to such fluid as it flows through and expands within an elongate nozzle prior to discharge therefrom but following passage through a throat ... | 07/19/1977 |
