Deployment system
AssigneeFaun Trackway Limited
InventorsRob Ewing, Gareth Williams
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Abstract
Apparatus for deployment, recovery and/or storage of a resource comprising a flexible length of equipment capable of being wound on a spool, the apparatus comprising a rigid container shaped and configured to be handled by a specified vehicle type, the container having at least a base and a pair of opposing end walls, and an open side or an opening in a side wall thereof, wherein, on said base between said opposing end walls, there is provided a mounting member on which said spool is or can be mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. In an exemplary embodiment, the external dimensions of said container conform to the ISO 668 International Standard, and the equipment comprises a surface-covering track comprised of interconnected panels.
Claims15
Apparatus for deployment, recovery and/or storage of a roadway, the apparatus comprising:
- a rigid container, the external dimensions of which conform to ISO 668 Series 1 freight containers International Standard, the container having at least a base, a pair of opposing end walls, and at least an open side or an opening in a side wall thereof, for deployment and/or recovery of the roadway, wherein, on said base between said pair of opposing end walls, there is provided a frame that serves as a mounting member;
- a spool mounted on the frame for rotation about its longitudinal axis, the spool comprising the flexible length of surface-covering roadway, the roadway being configured to be deployed from the spool as a vehicle is driven over the roadway, the vehicle acting to pull the roadway from the spool and lay the roadway under tension on a ground;
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- at least one corner casting assembly configured at corners of the container that enable the container to be lifted by a container handling vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.