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US 10,781,073 B2Granted
Hydraulically driven agricultural hose reel
AssigneeBambauer Equipment LLC
InventorScott A. Bambauer
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Abstract
Embodiments of a hydraulically driven agricultural hose reel comprise a spool, a frame, the hose reel having a front end, back end, drive side, and a free side. The hose reel includes a hydraulic motor system powered by a hydraulic pump, which turns the spool though a transmission assembly. The hydraulic motor system comprises a manifold that selectively sets the hose reel to a series operating configuration, parallel operating configuration, or a free wheel operating configuration.
Claims18
A hydraulically driven agricultural hose reel comprising:
- a front end, a back end, a drive side, and a free side;
- a spool journaled to a frame, the spool configured to deploy and retrieve a hose;
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- a transmission assembly mounted to the frame, the transmission assembly is configured to rotate the spool via a hydraulic motor system hydraulically powered through a hydraulic manifold, wherein
- the hydraulic motor system comprises two or more motors located on the drive side of the hose reel and includes series, parallel, and free wheel operating modes, and
- the hydraulic manifold is configured to selectively set the hydraulic motor system between the series, parallel, and free wheel operating modes, wherein the series operating mode hydraulically drives the motors in series, the parallel operating mode hydraulically drives the motors in parallel, and the free wheel mode permits the motors to turn freely.
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