Portable tube coiler
AssigneeSolar Turbines Incorporated
InventorsByron William Halsey, Ronald Kevin Johnston
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Abstract
A portable tube coiler and method for coiling. The portable tube coiler includes a spool assembly having a rotation axis and including a spool configured to rotate about the rotation axis (819), a tube receiver configured to rotate with the spool, a motor coupled to the spool assembly (810), and configured to rotate the spool, an anchor fixed to the motor and configured to provide a counter-rotation force to the motor, a power supply interface configured to transmit power to the motor, and a trigger configured to initiate rotation of the spool.
Claims20
A portable tube coiler comprising:
- a spool assembly having a rotation axis, the spool assembly including a spool configured to rotate about the rotation axis;
- a motor coupled to the spool assembly, the motor configured to rotate the spool;
- an operator anchor fixed to the motor, the operator anchor configured to provide a counter-rotation force to the motor and to be grounded against an operator;
- a power supply interface configured to transmit power to the motor;
- and
- a trigger configured to initiate rotation of the spool.
A portable tube coiler comprising:
- a spool assembly having a rotation axis, the spool assembly including a spool configured to rotate about the rotation axis;
- a tube receiver configured to rotate with the spool;
- a motor coupled to the spool assembly, the motor configured to rotate the spool;
- an anchor fixed to the motor, the anchor configured to provide a counter-rotation force to the motor;
- a power supply interface configured to transmit power to the motor;
- and
- a trigger configured to initiate rotation of the spool.
A method for coiling metal tubing, the method comprising:
- pneumatically coupling a pressurized air supply to a portable tube coiler;
- securing the metal tubing to the portable tube coiler;
- engaging an anchor of the portable tube coiler with an operator;
- and
- activating a trigger, the trigger configured to begin operation of a pneumatic motor of the portable tube coiler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.