KENNETH SYLVESTER GERKEY
Real Estate Commission in Pittsburgh, PA

6568772, May 27, 2003

Feb 26, 2001

09/792984

Kenneth S. Gerkey - Pittsburgh PA 15228
Ralph W. Kugler - Pittsburgh PA 15234

A47B 9700

312238, 312307

Substantially planar bearings are used for the support and rotation of a rotatable shelf in the shape of a Reuleaux triangle, which rotates eccentrically. The bearings may be separate from the rotation guidance system or may be an integral part of it.

4261094, Apr 14, 1981

Oct 18, 1978

5/952430

Kenneth S. Gerkey - Mount Lebanon PA
Raymond P. Castner - Monroeville PA
Richard L. Stiller - Natrona Heights PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

B21D 3906, B21D 5308

29427

Apparatus and method for positioning either one of a pair of automatically controlled remote mechanisms for properly positioning the two opposed ends of a common heat exchanger tube within a tube sheet of a steam generator and having a tool for securing the tube therein. The apparatus includes a pair of microswitches precisely positioned closely adjacent the tool on each of said pair of mechanisms. The first switch is actuated upon initial engagement of the tube end and the tool to indicate which of the opposed tube ends is first engaged, and the second switch is actuated upon proper positioning of the tube end within the tube sheet. The method of operation is such that the tube end nearest the tube sheet of the two opposed tube ends to be engaged is the first tube end to be positioned and secured within the tube sheet.

4158601, Jun 19, 1979

May 12, 1977

5/796244

Kenneth S. Gerkey - Mount Lebanon PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

G21C 1920, B66C 1708

176 30

Automatic apparatus for loading a predetermined amount of nuclear fuel pellets into a nuclear fuel element to be used in a nuclear reactor. The apparatus consists of a vibratory bed capable of supporting corrugated trays containing rows of nuclear fuel pellets and arranged in alignment with the open ends of several nuclear fuel elements. A sweep mechanism is arranged above the trays and serves to sweep the rows of fuel pellets onto the vibratory bed and into the fuel element. A length detecting system, in conjunction with a pellet stopping mechanism, is also provided to assure that a predetermined amount of nuclear fuel pellets are loaded into each fuel element.

4070240, Jan 24, 1978

Feb 2, 1977

5/765032

Ralph W. Kugler - Mount Lebanon PA
Kenneth S. Gerkey - Mount Lebanon PA
William H. Kasner - Penn Hills PA

Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Pittsburgh PA

G21C 302

176 66

An automated system for transporting nuclear fuel elements between fuel element assembly stations without contaminating the area outside the sealed assembly stations. The system comprises a plurality of assembly stations connected together by an elongated horizontal sealing mechanism and an automatic transport mechanism for transporting a nuclear fuel element in a horizontal attitude between the assembly stations while the open end of the fuel element extends through the sealing mechanism into the assembly station enclosure. The sealing mechanism allows the fuel element to be advanced by the transport mechanism while limiting the escape of radioactive particles from within the assembly station enclosure.