Brake, shear and cable management system and method
AssigneeAbsolute Oilfield Equipment, LLC
InventorsFrank Fetters, III, Mark Dunbar
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Abstract
A brake, shear and cable management system and method, which is attachable adjacent to a reeling-type drum to effectively brake and cut cable, such as drilling line, boring line, electrical line, fiber optic line or the like. The brake, shear and cable management system includes a cable management assembly, a cable brake assembly and a cable cutting assembly used in conjunction to manage, retain and sever a spent portion of cable upon the drum.
Claims54
A brake, shear and cable management system attachable adjacent to a rotatable drum to manage, retain and sever a spent portion of cable, said system comprising:
- a movable truck mounted to a support structure, said support structure constructed to laterally move said movable truck between a parked position and a retracted position, and said support structure further constructed to longitudinally move said movable truck between said retracted position and an engaged position;
- a cable management assembly mounted to said movable truck, said cable management assembly comprising a plurality of crawler assemblies, said crawler assemblies further comprising drive chains engaged with oppositely rotating gears, said gears engaged with gear shafts powered by a motor;
- a cable brake assembly mounted to said movable truck;
- a cable cutting assembly mounted to said movable truck intermediate of said cable brake assembly and said cable management assembly;
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- a plurality of guide rollers attached to said movable truck.
A brake, shear and cable management system, comprising:
- a movable truck mounted to a support structure, said support structure comprising a lateral guide assembly and a longitudinal guide assembly;
- a cable management assembly mounted to said movable truck, said cable management assembly comprising a plurality of crawler assemblies, each of said crawler assemblies further comprising U-blocks or rubber blocks attached to a drive chain;
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- a cable cutting assembly mounted to said movable truck.
A brake, shear and cable management system, comprising:
- a movable truck mounted to a support structure, said support structure comprising a lateral guide assembly and a longitudinal guide assembly;
- a cable management assembly mounted to said movable truck, said cable management assembly comprising a plurality of crawler assemblies;
- a cable brake assembly mounted to said movable truck;
- a cable cutting assembly mounted to said movable truck;
- a plurality of guide rollers attached to said movable truck;
- wherein said cable cutting assembly is mounted to said movable truck intermediate of said cable management assembly and said cable brake assembly;
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- wherein said cable brake assembly is mounted to said movable truck intermediate of guide rollers and said cable cutting assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.