Patent Number: 048470368
Section: claims

1. In a water-filled pool having a nuclear reactor fuel assembly therein, the nuclear reactor fuel assembly having fuel rods with spaces therebetween, an apparatus for the inspection of the nuclear reactor fuel assembly, the apparatus comprising a dive housing having walls, a rotary transmission extending through one of said walls of said housing toward the surface of water in the pool, two vertically spaced apart lever linkages jutting out from said rotary transmission, each of said lever linkages having an end facing away from said rotary transmission, carrying plates each being connected to a respective one of said ends of said lever linkages, a tie bar interconnecting said carrying plates, and probes being disposed at a plurality of vertical levels along said tie bar for simultaneously moving laterally into a space between two of the fuel rods. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said rotary transmission has an end facing away from said housing, and including a cover plate in which said end of said rotary transmission is guided, and struts connected between said cover plate and said housing.