Patents by Inventor Brian Spruce

Brian Spruce has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4997210
    Abstract: A workstation within a containment cell is provided with a services-supply module or unit by means of which a range of services such as electrical power, hydraulics, pneumatics etc are made available for in-cell use. The services are provided by means of a number of replaceable and exchangeable services-connection cartridges which sealingly engage in the unit and provide continuity between out-of-cell supply lines connectible to adaptors and in-cell supply lines connectible to adaptors. The cartridges are replaceable without breaking cell containment conditions with the aid of a tool (by which a replacement cartridge is fed forwardly to displace in nose to tail relationship the cartridge to be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels plc
    Inventors: Brian Spruce, David P. Welsby, John L. Bell
  • Patent number: 4924587
    Abstract: A workstation within a containment cell is provided with a services-supply module or unit by means of which a range of services such as electrical power, hydraulics, pneumatics etc. are made available for in-cell use. The services are provided by means of a number of replaceable and exchangeable services-connection cartridges which sealingly engage in the unit and provide continuity between out-of-cell supply lines connectible to adaptors and in-cell supply lines connectible to adaptors. The cartridges are replaceable without breaking cell containment conditions with the aid of a tool (by which a replacement cartridge is fed forwardly to displace in nose to tail relationship the cartridge to be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels Plc
    Inventors: Brian Spruce, David P. Welsby, John L. Bell