Reel assembly support with variable orientation
AssigneeEley Corporation
InventorsCraig D. Eley, Darin Schollmeyer
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Abstract
A reel assembly is provided to support lengths of fluid delivery line. A support arm is secured at one end with the reel assembly and shaped at the opposite end to engage a support structure. The support arm includes separate arm sections; each having mating end portions that are shaped to be releasably, coaxially securable with one another to resist rotation with respect to one another. The arm sections may be provided in various shapes, including straight and angled, to provide a variable geometry. A pivot joint may be formed within the support arm to allow a portion of the support arm and the reel assembly to pivot with respect to the support structure.
Claims32
A system for supporting lengths of one or more fluid delivery lines, the system comprising:
- a reel assembly having opposite end portions and a line support section located between the opposite end portions that is oriented to support the lengths of one or more fluid delivery lines;
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- a support arm having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- the support arm having at least a first arm section, associated with the first end portion, and a second arm section, associated with the second end portion;
- the first arm section and second arm section including mating end portions that are releasably, coaxially securable with one another;
- the mating end portions of the first arm section and second arm section being shaped to engage one another in a manner that resists rotation of the mating end portions of the first arm section and second arm section with respect to one another;
- at least one end portion of the reel assembly being operatively coupled with a mounting end portion of the first arm section;
- a mounting end portion of the second arm section being shaped to securably engage a support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.