Abstract: A transport, storage, monitoring, and retrieval system for casks including intermediate storage of spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants. The system consists of a powered rail transport car which carries a cask standing on its end. A cross-ways traveling powered rail "under car" unit carries the rail transport car and loaded cask transversely on rails underneath to align with a bay rail which the powered rail car traverses to the cask storage location. Bridge cranes off-load the casks and with monitoring equipment perform remote cask inspections. Bay rails and a pair of cross-ways traveling "under car" units serve for movement of both the transport car and the bridge units. Casks are located automatically at specific addresses for inventory control and data logging of radioactive emissions. The system may operate remotely and cask conditions are monitored from automated retrieved collected at an off-site data base.

Abstract: A laser beam fanned into a triangular plane configuration by mirrors, succeeding additional mirrors focusing the laser curtain rays back onto a spot, the spot having a light detecting, electrical transmitting element such that a square wave pulse is generated as the laser timely sweeps the collecting mirror, a breach in the square wave occurring when the laser ray curtain is penetrated breaking a laser beam, thus said penetration being detected, a system of three laser curtains in X, Y, and Z coordinates, having means of traversing an object to be measured, determining the exterior of each of its six sides.

Abstract: A gap stringer conveyor belt support structure having a pair of spaced apart parallel stringers with rollers therebetween and a pair of underlying support frames. Each support frame includes a pair of generally vertical extensible load bearing posts each of which is connected at its upper end to a stringer and at its lower end to a weight bearing anchor. A third extensible post is connected at one end to a stringer and extends in a direction diagonally to the vertical posts to connect at its other end to an anchor. The weight bearing anchors may be imbedded in the ground. The connections between the extensible posts at the stringers and anchors are pivotal to permit adjustment by movement about at least an axis parallel to the stringers. Each extensible post is provided with a clamp or lock to hold it at a selected length.

Abstract: An intermediate assembly for supporting parallel cables stretched between end frames in a conveyor. The assembly including rigid cross members maintaining the cables a fixed distance apart, first and second posts each connected at its top end to one of the cables and at its bottom end to an anchor, and a third post connected diagonally of the first two posts, all of the posts are adjustable in length and the connection of the first and second posts to the anchors is pivotal to enable movement of the posts transverse to the cables.

Abstract: A drive shaft seal system, having an interior solid material feeder atmosphere being sealed from the outside ambient atmosphere by a sealing system of high pressure hydrogen over liquid via a low pressure seal, the high pressure liquid over the ambient atmosphere via a high pressure seal the liquid being cooled as required.