Patent Number: 048195243
Section: claims

1. An apparatus for remotely delivering and for aligning a pattern of screws over the thimble screw holes of a bottom nozzle of a fuel assembly, comprising a plate having a pattern of bores registrable with said screw holes, a sleeve of resilient material mounted over each bore for receiving, retaining and aligning the threaded end of a screw with one of said screw holes, means for mounting each resilient sleeve over its respective screw hole including a tubular member having an annular recess for receiving said sleeve of resilient material, alignment plate means registrable with pre-existing bores in the nozzle for aligning the bores in the plate with the screw holes in the nozzle, and a collar means connected to said plate for facilitating the remote handling and positioning of the plate over the nozzle of a fuel assembly. 2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said sleeve is formed from urethane plastic having a hardness of between 60A and 75A durometers.