Barrier collection system
AssigneeBirmingham Barbed Tape Ltd.
InventorRonald Smith
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Abstract
A barrier recovery device for receiving an elongate array of coils which includes a boom and a catch which is reciprocally movable along the boom to draw successive portions of the coils, in an axially compressed stated, onto the boom. The device can be mounted to a barrier recovery vehicle.
Claims12
An apparatus for collecting a barrier which includes an elongate array of interconnected flexible coils, the apparatus including a support boom, a drive mechanism, a base member which is reciprocally movable by the drive mechanism, relative to the support boom and a catch which is mounted to the base member and which is movable to an inoperative position when the base member is moved in a first direction and which, when the base member is moved in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, is movable to an operative position at which the catch is engageable with at least one coil, whereby part of the barrier is drawn, in an axially compressed state, onto the support boom.
A barrier recovery vehicle which includes a load area and an apparatus for collecting a barrier which includes an elongate array of interconnected flexible coils, the apparatus including a support boom, a drive mechanism, a base member which is reciprocally movable by the drive mechanism, relative to the support boom and a catch which is mounted to the base member and which is movable to an inoperative position when the base member is moved in a first direction and which, when the base member is moved in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, is movable to an operative position at which the catch is engageable with at least one coil, whereby part of the barrier is drawn, in an axially compressed state, onto the support boom mounted to the load area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.