Wheeled concrete supply hose moving device

A method for lifting and moving a concrete supply hose via a wheeled hose moving device, said method comprising:

• providing a wheeled support, wherein the wheeled support comprises a frame portion and wheels rotatably mounted at the frame portion, and wherein the wheeled support comprises a hose lifting device and a hose support element;
• positioning the wheeled support at a concrete supply hose at a support surface;
• moving the hose lifting device vertically from a raised position toward a lowered position via an actuator;
• when the hose lifting device is lowered to the lowered position so as to be at the concrete supply hose, adjusting the hose lifting device from a non-lifting state toward a lifting state to engage the concrete supply hose;
• when the hose lifting device is in the lifting state and engaging the concrete supply hose, raising the hose lifting device via the actuator to lift the concrete supply hose via the hose lifting device;
• responsive to raising the hose lifting device via the actuator, automatically adjusting the hose support element from a non-support state toward a support state so that the hose support element is at least partially below the lifted concrete supply hose to support the lifted concrete supply hose above a support surface;
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• moving the wheeled support to move the lifted and supported concrete supply hose over the support surface.

A wheeled hose moving device that is movable over a support surface and that is operable to lift and move a concrete supply hose at the support surface, said wheeled hose moving device comprising:

• a wheeled support, said wheeled support including a frame portion and wheels rotatably mounted at said frame portion, said wheeled support being movable on a support surface;
• a hose lifting device at said wheeled support, wherein said hose lifting device is vertically movable between a raised position and a lowered position via a first actuator;
• wherein said hose lifting device comprises a grasping element that pivots when the hose lifting device is adjusted between a lifting state and a non-lifting state, and wherein said hose lifting device is adjustable between the lifting state and the non-lifting state via a second actuator;
• a hose support element at said wheeled support, wherein said hose support element is adjustable between a support state and a non-support state, and wherein said hose support element comprises a pivot element that pivots when said hose support element is adjusted between the support state and the non-support state, and wherein said hose support element is linked to said hose lifting device and is automatically adjusted responsive to vertical movement of said hose lifting device;
• wherein, with said wheeled support positioned at a concrete supply hose at the support surface, said hose lifting device is lowered via actuation of said first actuator toward the lowered position;
• wherein, when said hose lifting device is lowered from the raised position toward the lowered position, said hose lifting device is in the non-lifting state and said hose support element is in the non-support state;
• wherein, when said hose lifting device is lowered at the lowered position, said hose lifting device is adjusted, via actuation of said second actuator, toward the lifting state by pivoting said grasping element to engage the concrete supply hose;
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• wherein, when said hose lifting device is in the lifting state and said grasping element engages the concrete supply hose, said hose lifting device is raised toward the raised position via actuation of said first actuator to lift the concrete supply hose;
• wherein, responsive to said hose lifting device being raised toward the raised position, said hose support element is automatically adjusted toward the support state by pivoting said pivot element;
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• wherein, when said hose lifting device is in the raised position, said hose support element is in the support state and said pivot element is disposed at least partially below the lifted concrete supply hose to support the lifted concrete supply hose, whereby the lifted and supported concrete supply hose is movable over the support surface by said wheeled support.