Outrigger Assembly
AssigneeTaco Metals, Inc.
InventorPhilip J. Serocki
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Abstract
An outrigger mount assembly includes an arm tube configured to receive and hold an outrigger pole. The arm tube is rotationally displaceable in a lifting direction and in a lateral direction. A hydraulic lifting cylinder with a lifting piston is operationally connected to the arm tube for rotating the arm tube in the lifting direction. A rotation tube is operationally connected to the arm tube. A pinion is affixed to the rotation tube opposite the arm tube. A pair of opposing hydraulically driven rack gears drive the pinion and rotate the arm tube via the rotation tube. An electronic controller with a user interface controls the rack gears and the hydraulic lifting piston.
Claims9
An outrigger mount assembly comprising:
- an arm tube configured for receiving and holding an outrigger pole, said arm tube being rotationally displaceable in a lifting direction and in a lateral direction;
- a hydraulic lifting cylinder with a lifting piston operationally connected to said arm tube for rotating said arm tube in the lifting direction;
- a rotation tube operationally connected to said arm tube;
- a pinion affixed to said rotation tube opposite said arm tube;
- a pair of opposing hydraulically driven rack gears for driving said pinion and rotating said arm tube via said rotation tube;
- an electronic controller with a user interface for controlling said rack gears and said hydraulic lifting piston.
A method of operating an outrigger mount with an arm tube for deploying an outrigger pole disposed in said arm tube, comprising:
- providing a mount with an arm tube being rotationally displaceable in a lifting direction and in a lateral direction of a vessel;
- providing a user interface for user control of the mount;
- hydraulically raising a lifting piston connected to the arm tube for rotating the arm tube in the lifting direction according to a user selected angular position of the arm tube on the user interface;
- hydraulically rotating a rotation tube operationally connected to the arm tube according to user actuation of a rotation switch by controlling a pair of opposing hydraulically driven rack gears rotating a pinion operatively connected to the rotation tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.