Pump jack centering roller system
AssigneeAlum-A-Pole Corporation
InventorKevin Jablonski
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Abstract
A roller system including a top roller, a middle roller, a split lower roller and a split workbench roller configured for a pump jack arranged for travelling up and down a pole, wherein the top roller includes flanges at both ends of the roller; wherein the split lower roller includes a pair of facing lower rollers, each of the pair of facing lower rollers having an outward tapered flange; and wherein the split workbench roller includes a pair of facing workbench rollers, each of the pair of facing workbench rollers having an outward tapered flange.
Claims20
A roller system comprising a top roller, a middle roller and a split lower roller configured for a pump jack arranged for travelling up and down a pole, wherein the pump jack comprises a frame member;
- a bracket member supported on the top of said frame member, said bracket member supporting a front rod;
- a lower shackle member supported on said frame member, having a front and rear clamping bars configured to apply a coupling force for gripping the pole, wherein the rear clamping bar is inserted into the split lower roller;
- a pump arm pivotally coupled to said frame member;
- an upper shackle member pivotally coupled to said pump arm, having a front gripping rod and a rear gripping rod configured to apply a coupling force for gripping the pole, wherein the rear gripping rod is inserted into the middle roller;
- tension springs responsive to the pumping action of the pump arm configured to alternately position one of said shackle members in gripping relationship with the pole;
- said pump arm pivotally stepping upward said frame member during a pump stroke while said upper shackle member grips the pole and pivotally stepping upward said upper shackle member during a reverse stroke while said lower shackle member grips the pole;
- a release lever configured to disengage said lower shackle member from the pole, and a handle coupled to said front gripping rod configured to roll the pump jack down the pole;
- wherein the front rod is inserted into the top roller configured to roll along a front surface of the pole;
- wherein the split lower roller comprises a pair of facing lower rollers, each of the pair of facing lower rollers having an outward tapered flange.
A pump jack arranged for travelling up and down a pole, comprising:
- a frame member;
- a bracket member supported on the top of said frame member, said bracket member supporting a front rod inserted into a top roller configured to roll along a front surface of the pole;
- a lower shackle member supported on said frame member, having a front clamping bar and a rear clamping rod configured to apply a coupling force for gripping the pole, wherein the rear clamping rod is inserted into a split lower roller;
- a pump arm pivotally coupled to said frame member;
- an upper shackle member pivotally coupled to said pump arm, having a front gripping rod and a rear gripping rod configured to apply a coupling force for gripping the pole, wherein the rear gripping rod is inserted into a middle roller;
- tension springs responsive to the pumping action of the pump arm configured to alternately position one of said shackle members in gripping relationship with the pole;
- said pump arm pivotally stepping upward said frame member during a pump stroke while said upper shackle member grips the pole and pivotally stepping upward said upper shackle member during a reverse stroke while said lower shackle member grips the pole;
- a release lever configured to disengage said lower shackle member from the pole, and
- a handle coupled to said front gripping rod configured to roll the pump jack down the pole;
- wherein the top roller comprises flanges at both ends of the roller;
- wherein the split lower roller comprises a pair of facing lower rollers, each of the pair of facing lower rollers having an outward tapered flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.