Suction tube device provided with drive systems and method of repairing same
AssigneeIHC Holland IE B.V.
InventorsAdriaan Hugo Zandee, Peter Alexander Bronsveld, Simon Jan Vos, Oscar Wilhelmus Johannes Anema, Oscar Wilhelmus Johannes Ten Heggeler
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Abstract
A suction tube device having a frame, a tube, a centrifugal pump which cooperates with the tube, and a cutter head at one end of the tube. The tube, centrifugal pump, and cutter head are supported by the frame. The centrifugal pump and the cutter head are each provided with a drive system, the drive systems of the centrifugal pump and of the cutter head each having at least one motor. A motor of the drive system of the cutter head and a motor of the drive system of the centrifugal pump are interchangeable with respect to each other.
Claims14
A suction tube device comprising a frame, a tube, a centrifugal pump which cooperates with the tube, and a cutter head at one end of the tube, said tube, centrifugal pump, and cutter head being supported by the frame, said centrifugal pump being provided with a first drive system and said cutter head being provided with a second drive system which is separate and independent from the first drive system, the drive systems of the centrifugal pump and of the cutter head each comprising at least one electric motor,
- wherein a motor of the drive system of the cutter head and a motor of the drive system of the centrifugal pump are interchangeable with respect to each other,
- wherein the drive system of the centrifugal pump comprises two electric motors, said electric motors being interchangeable with respect to each other,
- wherein an electric motor of the drive system of the cutter head and an electric motor of the drive system of the centrifugal pump, which are interchangeable, are identical, and
- wherein the electric motors of the drive system of the centrifugal pump are identical.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.