US 2014/0197219 A1 · APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING HOSE

Abstract

The preferred system utilizes two devices to recover larger diameter hoses and couplings. Each of the devices has a plurality of lifting frame arms having a motor disposed between the lifting frame arms. The motor is operatively connected to the rotational drive roller also connected between the lifting frame arms. A hinge or other attaching arrangement that connects the lifting frame arms to mounts allows for lowering the lifting frame arms into a first position and lifting the lifting frame arms into a second position higher the lower rollers. A hydraulic lift cylinder can be utilized to raise and lower the lifting frame arms when a hose coupling on the hose is encountered during the hose recovery process. The devices can be lined up in series and spaced a few feet apart. The devices can be mounted to a tractor, trailer, truck or other similar equipment. A cage can surround the devices on top of the tractor, trailer, truck or other similar equipment. A passageway on top of the vehicle leading to the first of the devices can be utilized in the recovery effort to help guide the hose into the first device.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for recovering hose comprising:

(a) a pair of lifting frame arms;
(b) a pair of mounts rotatably affixed to the pair of lifting frame arms in a manner that allows the pair of lifting frame arms to pivot about the pair of mounts when a force is applied to the lifting frame arms to allow the pair of lifting frame arms to be lowered into a first position and raised to a second position;
(c) a rotational drive roller operatively connected to a motor and secured to the pair of lifting frame arms;
and
(d) a pair of lower rollers attached to framing connected to the pair of mounts wherein the pair of lower rollers are located beneath the rotational drive roller when the rotational drive roller is in the first position.

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A system for recovering hose comprising:

a first device and a second device mounted on a vehicle wherein the first device has a first pair of lifting frame arms and a first pair of mounts rotatably affixed to the first pair of lifting frame arms in a manner that allows the first pair of lifting frame arms to pivot about the first pair of mounts when a force is applied to the first pair of lifting frame arms to allow the first pair of lifting frame arms to be lowered into a first position and raised to a second position and a first rotational drive roller operatively connected to a first motor and secured to the first pair of lifting frame arms and a first pair of lower rollers attached to a first framing connected to the first pair of mounts wherein the first pair of lower rollers are located beneath the first rotational drive roller when the first rotational drive roller is in the first position and wherein the second device has a second pair of lifting frame arms and a second pair of mounts rotatably affixed to the second pair of lifting frame arms in a manner that allows the second pair of lifting frame arms to pivot about the second pair of mounts when a force is applied to the second pair of lifting frame arms to allow the second pair of lifting frame arms to be lowered into a first position and raised to a second position and a second rotational drive roller operatively connected to a second motor and secured to the second pair of lifting frame arms and a second pair of lower rollers attached to a second framing connected to the second pair of mounts wherein the second pair of lower rollers are located beneath the second rotational drive roller when the second rotational drive roller is in the first position.

A system for recovering hose comprising:

a first device mounted on a vehicle wherein the first device has a first pair of lifting frame arms and a first pair of mounts rotatably affixed to the first pair of lifting frame arms in a manner that allows the first pair of lifting frame arms to pivot about the first pair of mounts when a force is applied to the first pair of lifting frame arms to allow the first pair of lifting frame arms to be lowered into a first position and raised to a second position and a first rotational drive roller operatively connected to a first motor and secured to the first pair of lifting frame arms and a first pair of lower rollers attached to framing connected to the first pair of mounts wherein the first pair of lower rollers are located beneath the first rotational drive roller when the first rotational drive roller is in the first position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus and system for retrieving hose

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Abstract

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