System for remotely controlling the unreeling and take-up of a hose on a reel

A system for remotely controlling the un-reeling and take-up of a hose on a reel comprising:

• a reel having a pair of laterally spaced side walls rigidly connected together by a tubular drum, said side walls having a diameter D1 and said tubular drum having an inside diameter D2;
• said reel being rigidly mounted on a tubular axle having an outer diameter D3, said tubular axle having at least one aperture in its side wall to provide communication with its interior;
• said axle extending from the side walls of said reel;
• support means for the opposite end of said axle, said opposite ends of said axle being journaled in said support means so that it can rotate;
• a primary power source and means connecting it to said axle to provide rotational motion;
• an elongated hose having a length L1, a rear end, an outer diameter D4 and an inner diameter D5;
• at least part of said hose being coiled on said reel with the rear end of said hose being connected to the interior of the tubular drum of said reel;
• an elongated tubular high pressure line having an outside diameter D6 and it is located in said hose and extends at least the length of said hose, said high pressure line having a front end and a rear end;
• D6 is less than D5 by a predetermined amount to form an annular chamber that extends the length of said hose between the outer surface of said high pressure line and the inner diameter of said hose;
• a plurality of secondary lines extending at least the length of said hose, said secondary lines passing through the annular chamber of said hose and they each have a front end and a rear end;
• two of said secondary lines being fiber optic lines, the rear ends of said fiber optic lines being connected to a base modem, a source of electrical power is connected to said base modem, the front ends of said fiber optic lines being connected to a satellite modem;
• a source of fluid and means for connecting it to the bottom end of said high pressure line;
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• a control console connected to said satellite modem;
• said control console having means for a) directing said primary source to reel out said hose or reel in said hose, b) transmit fluid from said source of fluid through said high pressure line to its front end, and c) means for controlling the speed of a) and b).