System for using a digger vehicle to reel wire
AssigneeVavricka Development Trust
InventorChad Raymond Vavricka
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for converting the digging mechanism of a digger vehicle into a spooling mechanism is disclosed. An attachment assembly may be attached to a spool and to an auger drive shaft of the digger vehicle to create the spooling mechanism. The spooling mechanism may function by the auger drive shaft providing rotational force that gets translated to the spool through the attachment assembly to rotate and wind or unwind wire.
Claims20
An attachment assembly for converting an auger digging mechanism of a digger vehicle into a spooling mechanism for winding or unwinding wire, comprising:
- a plate body with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the plate body having a through hole;
- first and second studs extending outward from the second surface and engageable to coupling holes of the spool;
- a hollow cylinder attached to the plate body, the hollow cylinder protruding outwards from the first surface, wherein the hollow cylinder has a through hole which is aligned to a through hole of the plate body, the through hole of the hollow cylinder configured to receive a drive shaft of a motorized auger drive of the digger vehicle, the hollow cylinder having a transverse hole to engage the auger digging mechanism to the attachment assembly;
- a sleeve rotatably disposed around the hollow cylinder and having a tying ring configured for tying a supporting mechanism for the spooling mechanism;
- a pin disposable through the transverse hole and a pin hole of the auger digging mechanism to engage the auger digging mechanism to the attachment assembly.
A system for converting an auger digging mechanism of a digger vehicle into a spooling mechanism for winding or unwinding wire, comprising:
- a wiring spool having a cylindrical body between a first and a second flange disks, the first flange disk having a plurality of coupling holes surrounding a center arbor hole;
- a motorized auger drive of the digger vehicle having a drive shaft configured to rotate about an axis parallel to a length of the drive shaft and in a center of a cross-sectional area of the drive shaft;
- an attachment assembly having a plate body with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the plate body having a through hole;
- first and second studs extending outward from the second surface and engageable to the plurality of coupling holes of the wiring spool;
- a hollow cylinder attached to the plate body, the hollow cylinder protruding outwards from the first surface, wherein the hollow cylinder has a through hole which is aligned to a through hole of the plate body, the through hole of the hollow cylinder configured to receive the drive shaft of the motorized auger drive of the digger vehicle, the hollow cylinder having a transverse hole to engage the drive shaft to the attachment assembly;
- a sleeve rotatably disposed around the hollow cylinder and having a tying ring configured for tying a supporting mechanism for the spooling mechanism;
- a pin disposable through the transverse hole and a pin hole of the drive shaft to engage the drive shaft to the attachment assembly.
A method for converting and using an auger digging mechanism of a digger vehicle into a spooling mechanism to wind or unwind wire, comprising:
- coupling an attachment assembly to a wire spool using a first stud and a second stud that extend outwards from a first surface of the attachment assembly to a first coupling hole and a second coupling hole of a first flange disk of the wire spool;
- inserting a drive shaft of the auger digging mechanism through a center hole of the wire spool from a second flange disk through a body of the wire spool and out of the first flange disk, the drive shaft also being inserted inside a hollow cylinder protruding outwards from a second surface of the attachment assembly;
- securing the drive shaft to the attachment assembly by aligning a transverse hole of the hollow cylinder with a pin hole of the drive shaft and inserting a pin through the pin hole and the transverse hole;
- tying a supporting mechanism to a sleeve rotatably disposed around the hollow cylinder to maintain a desired orientation of the wire spool;
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- operating the auger digging mechanism to provide a rotational force to the drive shaft that rotates the attachment assembly and the wire spool to provide a reeling force to wind or unwind wire onto the body of the wire spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.