Patents by Inventor Charles E. Toler

Charles E. Toler 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).

  • Search and retrieval device
    Patent number: 4702878
    Abstract: A device for searching and retrieving objects on a tube sheet of a steam generator which includes a sled having a probe and a gripper thereon and connected to a flexible tube having control means therein for operating the probe and the gripper whereby the sled and flexible tube may be inserted through a handhole of the generator to an operating position on the tube sheet. Both the probe and the gripper may be angularly rotated to manipulate them between the tubes of the steam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Ralph W. Klug, Charles E. Toler, John A. Rylatt