Hose retention system for drilling machine
AssigneeCaterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
InventorFernando Gonzalez
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Abstract
A hose retention system for a negative-angle-capable blasthole drilling machine is disclosed. The hose retention system may include an upper cage to extend longitudinally along a mast structure. The upper cage may have a secured end to couple the upper cage to the mast structure, a free end to extend toward the mast structure, and a first longitudinally-extending channel. The hose retention system may include a lower cage separate from the upper cage to extend longitudinally along the mast structure. The lower cage may have a secured end to couple the lower cage to the mast structure, a free end to extend toward the mast structure, and a second longitudinally-extending channel.
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A hose retention system for a negative-angle-capable blasthole drilling machine, comprising:
- a cabin;
- a mast structure positionable beyond a vertical orientation towards the cabin for performing a drilling operation;
- an upper cage extending longitudinally along the mast structure, the upper cage having a plurality of spaced apart arm members, a secured end coupled to the mast structure, a free end extending toward the mast structure, and a first longitudinally-extending channel, each of the arm members being secured to a first side of the mast structure to form the secured end and extending continuously from the secured end at the mast structure to the free end, the free end overlapping a second side of the mast structure;
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- a lower cage secured separate from the upper cage on the mast structure so as to extend longitudinally along the mast structure and longitudinally spaced from the upper cage, the lower cage having a secured end that couples the lower cage to the mast structure, a free end that extends toward the mast structure, and a second longitudinally-extending channel.
A hose retention system for a negative-angle-capable blasthole drilling machine, comprising:
- a cabin;
- a mast structure that, during a drilling operation, is configured to be positioned at an orientation that forms an acute angle with the cabin when the negative-angle-capable blasthole drilling machine is viewed from a side;
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- a cage to extend longitudinally along a mast structure, the cage including:
- a secured end to couple the cage to the mast structure;
- a free end to extend toward the mast structure;
- a longitudinally-extending channel;
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- a hose retaining wall forming an enclosure on at least a portion of the longitudinally-extending channel, the hose retaining wall extending from the free end toward the secured end and having three sides that enclose the longitudinally-extending channel between a plurality of arm members that each extend from the secured end toward the free end, wherein the hose retaining wall includes a mesh material extending along the three sides that enclose the longitudinally-extending channel.
A hose retention system for a negative-angle-capable blasthole drilling machine, comprising:
- a cabin;
- a mast structure positionable beyond a vertical orientation towards the cabin;
- an upper cage extending longitudinally along the mast structure, the upper cage having a secured end coupling the upper cage to the mast structure, a free end extending toward the mast structure, and a first longitudinally-extending channel to support a plurality of hoses;
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- a lower cage separate from the upper cage and extending longitudinally along the mast structure, the lower cage having a secured end coupling the lower cage to the mast structure, a free end extending toward the mast structure, and a second longitudinally-extending channel to support the plurality of hoses when the mast structure is positioned beyond the vertical orientation during a drilling operation, the lower cage including a joint at the secured end of the lower cage such that the lower cage is pivotal between a first position for retaining the plurality of hoses where the first longitudinally-extending channel and the second longitudinally-extending channel are aligned and the free end of the lower cage covers a hose retaining structure of the mast structure, and a second position where the first longitudinally-extending channel and the second longitudinally-extending channel are offset and the free end of the lower cage is spaced away from the hose retaining structure such that the hose retaining structure is uncovered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.