Hoisting device with multiple line types on driveshaft
AssigneeHall Labs LLC
InventorsDavid R. Hall, Jerome Miles
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system for manipulating an object and providing at least one utility winch. The system includes a motor and a driveshaft having an axis and being coupled to the motor. The system includes a first spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor and a first line for lifting an object, the first line attached to the first spool. The system also includes a second spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor, and a second line attached to the second spool, the second line configured to deliver at least one utility selected from electric power, data, and fluid.
Claims20
A system for manipulating an object and providing at least one utility, comprising:
- a motor;
- a driveshaft having an axis and being coupled to the motor wherein the motor rotates the driveshaft around the axis,
- a first spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor;
- a first line for lifting an object, the first line attached to the first spool;
- a first line guide configured to translate axially along the first spool to thereby wind the first line in a first helical path on the first spool when the driveshaft is rotated in one direction and to unwind the first line from the first helical path when the driveshaft is rotated in an opposite direction;
- a second spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor;
- a second line attached to the second spool, the second line configured to deliver at least one utility selected from electric power, data, and fluid;
- a second line guide configured to translate axially along the second spool to thereby wind the second line in a second helical path on the second spool when the driveshaft is rotated in one direction and to unwind the second line from the second helical path when the driveshaft is rotated in an opposite direction.
A system for raising and lowering an object and providing power to the object, comprising:
- a motor;
- a driveshaft having an axis and being coupled to the motor wherein the motor rotates the driveshaft around the axis,
- a first spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor;
- a first line for raising and lowering an object, the first line attached to the first spool;
- a first line guide configured to translate axially along the first spool to thereby wind the first line in a first helical path on the first spool when the driveshaft is rotated in one direction and to unwind the first line from the first helical path when the driveshaft is rotated in an opposite direction;
- a second spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor;
- a power line attached to the second spool, the power line configured to deliver at power to the object;
- a power line guide configured to translate axially along the second spool to thereby wind the power line in a second helical path on the second spool when the driveshaft is rotated in one direction and to unwind the second line from the second helical path when the driveshaft is rotated in an opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.