# US 10,246,293 B2 · Offshore hose loading station apparatus and system

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- Number: US 10,246,293 B2
- Document ID: US10246293B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/132,690
- Filed: 2016-04-19
- Published: 2016-10-27
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2015-04-22
- Assignees: Reel Power Licensing Corp.
- Applicants: Christopher David Rekieta; Gary Donald Thompson; Michael Leroy Spence; Benton Frederick Baugh
- Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta; Gary Donald Thompson; Michael Leroy Spence; Benton Frederick Baugh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246293B2

## CPC

- B65H 75/425: {attached to, or forming part of a vehicle, e.g. truck, trailer, vessel}
- B65H 75/4471: {Housing enclosing the reel}
- B65H 75/4481: {Arrangements or adaptations for driving the reel or the material (by a spring B65H75/48)}
- B66D 1/26: having several drums or barrels
- B65H 2701/33: Hollow or hose-like material
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B66D: CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS (winding or unwinding ropes or cables for feeding or storage purposes B65H; rope or cable winding or unwinding mechanisms for lifts B66B)

## Abstract

The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A loading station for transferring supplies via a first hose and a second hose wherein said first hose and said second hose are adapted to be pulled from a first sea vessel or first dock to a second sea vessel or second dock comprising:
a jumper shaft having a first end, a length, and a second end;
a first modular reel assembly having a spool adapted to independently rotate to wind and unwind said first hose from said first sea vessel or first dock to said second sea vessel or second dock and wherein said spool is rotated by a first rotating shaft segment having a first end, a second end attached to said first end of said jumper shaft, and a length;
a second modular reel assembly having a spool adapted to independently rotate to wind and unwind said second hose from said first sea vessel or first dock to said second sea vessel or second dock and wherein said spool is rotated by a second rotating shaft segment having a first end attached to said second end of said jumper shaft, a second end, and a length;
a motor having a third rotating shaft with an end in communication with said first end of said first rotating shaft segment of said first modular reel assembly;
wherein said first rotating shaft, said second rotating shaft and said third rotating shaft are linearly aligned; and
wherein said length of said first rotating shaft, said length of said second rotating shaft, and said length of said jumper shaft are the same.