Patents by Inventor Frank G. Gallo

Frank G. Gallo 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).

  • Tooling apparatus for modifying nuclear reactors
    Patent number: 4716010
    Abstract: A remotely controlled tooling apparatus is disclosed for supporting and selectively disposing a tool with respect to a workpiece illustratively taking the form of a core barrel of a nuclear reactor. Illustratively, a core barrel is of a substantially cylindrical configuration and has a plurality of flow holes disposed therethrough. The remotely controlled apparatus comprises a tool carriage, a support table carried thereby for receiving the tool, a strongback assembly for supporting and guiding the tool carriage with respect to the core barrel, and a pair of clamps affixed to the strongback assembly for engaging the core barrel for suspending the strongback assembly upon the core barrel. The tool carriage and its support table carried thereby are selectively disposed with respect to the core barrel, whereby the tool may be engaged and disengaged with and from the core barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Frank G. Gallo, Clark E. Swenson, William A. Bencloski, Angelo J. Cassette, John L. Manno, Edward A. Parlak
  • Tooling apparatus for modifying nuclear reactors
    Patent number: RE33373
    Abstract: A remotely controlled tooling apparatus is disclosed for supporting and selectively disposing a tool with respect to a workpiece illustratively taking the form of a core barrel of a nuclear reactor. Illustratively, a core barrel is of a substantially cylindrical configuration and has a plurality of flow holes disposed therethrough. The remotely controlled apparatus comprises a tool carriage, a support table carried thereby for receiving the tool, a strongback assembly for supporting and guiding the tool carriage with respect to the core barrel, and a pair of clamps affixed to the strongback assembly for engaging the core barrel for suspending the strongback assembly upon the core barrel. The tool carriage and its support table carried thereby are selectively disposed with respect to the core barrel, whereby the tool may be engaged and disengaged with and from the core barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Frank G. Gallo, Clark E. Swenson, William A. Bencloski, Angelo J. Cassette, John L. Mano, Edward A. Parlak