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US 10,759,324 B2Granted
Boom hose apparatus
AssigneeFederal Signal Corporation
InventorsJoshua Lee Malmassari, Xiaolun Huang
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Abstract
A boom hose apparatus for a material collection vehicle includes a telescoping boom assembly and a hose assembly supported by the boom assembly. The boom assembly includes a plurality of telescoping conduits. A flexible hose is received through the telescoping conduits and can slidably extend from, or retract into, the conduits independently from the telescoping of the conduits.
Claims20
A boom hose apparatus for a vehicle, the boom hose apparatus comprising:
- a boom assembly including a first boom section and a second boom section telescopically movable relative to the first boom section;
- and
- a hose assembly supported on the boom assembly, the hose assembly including:
- a first conduit mounted to the first boom section and fluidly connected to a collection tank of the vehicle;
- a second conduit mounted to the second boom section and telescopically movable relative to the first conduit as the second boom section telescopically moves relative to the first boom section;
- and
- a flexible hose received through the second conduit and configured to slidably extend at least partially from the second conduit or retract at least partially into the second conduit.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a collection tank;
- a boom hose apparatus including a boom assembly and a hose assembly, the boom assembly including a first boom section and a second boom section telescopically movable relative to the first boom section, and the hose assembly supported on the boom assembly and including:
- a first conduit mounted to the first boom section and fluidly connected to a collection tank of the vehicle;
- a second conduit mounted to the second boom section and telescopically movable relative to the first conduit as the second boom section telescopically moves relative to the first boom section;
- and
- a flexible hose received through the second conduit and configured to slidably extend at least partially from the second conduit or retract at least partially into the second conduit;
- a boom drive assembly configured to drive the second boom section to telescopically move relative to the first boom section;
- a hose drive assembly configured to drive the flexible hose to extend from the second conduit or retract into the second conduit;
- and
- a boom hose controller configured to receive a user input for controlling the boom driver and the hose drive assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.