Barrier collection system
AssigneeBirmingham Barbed Tape Ltd.
InventorRonald Smith
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Abstract
A barrier recovery device for receiving an elongate array of coils which includes a boom and a catch which is reciprocally movable along the boom to draw successive portions of the coils, in an axially compressed stated, onto the boom. The device can be mounted to a barrier recovery vehicle.
Claims20
An apparatus for collecting a barrier which includes at least one elongate array of interconnected flexible coils, the apparatus comprising:
- a support boom;
- a drive mechanism;
- a base member;
- and
- a catch which is mounted to the base member,
- wherein the base member and the catch are reciprocally movable in unison by the drive mechanism, along a length of the support boom, whereby the catch is movable to an inoperative position when the base member is moved in a first direction and which, when the base member is moved in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, is movable to an operative position at which the catch is engageable with at least one coil, whereby part of the barrier is drawn, in an axially compressed state, onto the support boom.
A barrier recovery vehicle which includes a load area and an apparatus for collecting a barrier which includes an elongate array of interconnected flexible coils, the apparatus comprising:
- a support boom;
- a drive mechanism;
- a base member;
- and
- a catch which is mounted to the base member,
- wherein the base member and the catch are reciprocally moveable in unison by the drive mechanism, along a length of the support boom, whereby the catch is movable to an inoperative position when the base member is moved in a first direction and, when the base member is moved in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, the catch is movable to an operative position at which the catch is engageable with at least one coil, whereby part of the barrier is drawn, in an axially compressed state, onto the support boom which is mounted to the load area.
An apparatus for collecting a barrier which includes at least one elongate array of interconnected flexible coils, the apparatus comprising:
- a support boom;
- a drive mechanism;
- a base member which is reciprocally movable by the drive mechanism in a direction substantially parallel to and along the support boom when the barrier is being collected, and
- a catch which is mounted to the base member and which is movable to an inoperative position when the base member is moved in a first direction and which, when the base member is moved in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction, is movable to an operative position at which the catch is engageable with at least one coil, whereby part of the barrier is drawn, in an axially compressed state, onto the support boom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.