US 7,321,650 B2
Apparatus for transferring an article between fluid-filled vessels
Manfred Meintker, Moehrendorf (Germany)
Assigned to Areva NP GmbH,
Filed on Sep. 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/945,279.
Application 10/945279 is a division of application No. 09/665452, filed on Sep. 19, 2000.
Application 09/665452 is a continuation of application No. PCT/DE99/00617, filed on Mar. 08, 1999, granted, now 6,885,718.
Claims priority of application No. 198 12 071 (DE), filed on Mar. 19, 1998.
Prior Publication US 2005/0100123 A1, May 12, 2005
Int. Cl. G21C 19/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 376—268  [376/269; 376/270; 376/271] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for transferring an article comprising:
a fluid-filled first vessel and a fluid-filled second vessel, each having an interior;
a connecting element connecting the interiors of said vessels and having first and second issues and an extraction point between said first and second issues, the fluid flowing into said connecting element from said first vessel at said first issue toward said extraction point and the fluid flowing simultaneously into said connecting element from said second vessel at said second issue toward said extraction point under certain system conditions;
a transport device for moving the article through said connecting element; and
an extraction device collecting discharged fluid discharged from said connecting element, said extraction device being directly connected to said connecting element at said extraction point located between said first and second issues.