Patent ID: 6708394
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B09B,Y10T

Abstract:
A basket assembly fixture useful in the construction of a basket assembly for interring spent nuclear fuel rods, the basket assembly fixture comprising:(a) an elongate base having a first end, an opposed second end and a longitudinal axis; (b) a pair of lifting beams disposed above the base and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base, each lifting beam having a first end and an opposed second end; (c) a lifting beam elevator for alternatively raising and lowering both ends of each lifting beam; (d) a lifting beam lateral shifter for laterally shifting both ends of each lifting beam; (e) a transverse beam disposed generally horizontally above the frame, the transverse beam also being disposed below and generally perpendicular to the two lifting beams, the transverse beam having a first end and an opposed second end; and (f) a transverse beam elevator for alternatively raising and lowering both ends of the transverse beam.