USRE32532E - Pipelaying appliance - Google Patents

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USRE32532E
USRE32532E US06/941,686 US94168686A USRE32532E US RE32532 E USRE32532 E US RE32532E US 94168686 A US94168686 A US 94168686A US RE32532 E USRE32532 E US RE32532E
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L1/00—Laying or reclaiming pipes; Repairing or joining pipes on or under water
    • F16L1/024—Laying or reclaiming pipes on land, e.g. above the ground
    • F16L1/06—Accessories therefor, e.g. anchors
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  • One object of the present invention is to do away with the disadvantages burdening previously known pipelaying appliances, and to provide an appliance gripping a pipe with a force corresponding to the weight of the pipe, which eliminates damage to light pipes and also that heavy pipes are gripped with insufficient force, the machine operator himself being able to couple the appliance to, and uncouple it from the machine, perform the necessary operations himself for gripping a pipe, take it down into an excavated trench, e.g. one parallel to or right angles to the excavating direction, align the pipe in the trench and thereafter release the pipe.
  • an excavated trench e.g. one parallel to or right angles to the excavating direction
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a pipelaying appliance in accordance with the invention, connected to an excavation bucket provided with a gripping means and in position for gripping a cement pipe, and
  • FIG. 2 is a side view similar to the one in FIG. 1 but with the appliance gripping and lifting the cement pipe.
  • the appliance I illustrated in the Figures is intended to be gripped by a gripping means mounted on a raisable and lowerable apparatus, e.g. a crane or an excavator of the kind illustrated in the Swedish Patent Specification No. 7714027-5.
  • a gripping means mounted on a raisable and lowerable apparatus e.g. a crane or an excavator of the kind illustrated in the Swedish Patent Specification No. 7714027-5.
  • the raisable and lowerable apparatus is illustrated in the form of a portion of the mentioned excavator bucket 2 with a gripping means 3 comprising two fingers movable to and away from each other which are pivotably mounted on the back of the bucket.
  • the appliance 1 comprises a bar or upright 4 suitably provided with a circular cross section, which can be gripped by the gripping means 3, independent of how the upright is rotated round its longitudinal axis, the bar being provided with an upper plate 5 intended to engage with a portion thereof against the upper surface of the bucket 2 to prevent the appliance from sliding downwards between the fingers 3 when the appliance carries a heavy pipe.
  • the upright 4 projecting somewhat farther from the bucket 2 than the upper portion thereof, so that the machine operator will be able to see the remaining part of the appliance better during pipelaying, there are pivotably mounted the first ends of a link 6 and a gripping arm 7.
  • the other end of the link 6 and an intermediate portion of the gripping arm 7 are pivotably mounted in the vertical arm 8a of an L-shaped arm 8.
  • the four journalling points constitute the corners in a parallelogram formed by the details just described, this parallelogram being variable between the shapes illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the horizontal arm 8b of the gripping arm 8 and the somewhat downwardly angled right-hand portion 7a of the gripping arm 7 form the jaws in the means gripping a cement pipe 9.
  • a spring means suitably a so-called gas spring 10, is pivotably mounted on, and extends between the lower portion of the upright 4 and the upper part of the arm 8a.
  • the pressing force in the spring 10 is somewhat greater than the sum of the weight of the link 6, arm 7 and arm 8, so as to keep the jaws 7a and 8a in the open position illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the bucket When a length of trench in which it is intended to lay cement piping is excavated by the bucket 2, the bucket is manoeuvered by the machine operator so that it is moved to the appliance 1, lying or upright on the ground at the side of the trench, the gripping means 3 then being opened and caused to surround and grip the upright 4 of the appliance, the bucket then being lifted and turned so that it and the appliance assume the attitude illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the appliance 1 is then aligned so that the arm 8b of the gripping arm 8 is inserted in the end of the cement pipe 9 having an enlarged flange 9a, and the gripping arm portion 7a is moved to a position on the outside of the pipe opposite the arm 8b.
  • the arm 8b is inserted into the pipe until a rubber-covered portion of the arm 8a comes against the flange 9a.
  • the pipe 9 is lifted by the arm 8b, it and the arm 7a still keeping the positions illustrated in FIG. 2, and are pressed against the pipe wall by a force corresponding to the weight of the pipe.
  • This is important, since a large clamping force is required to retain heavy pipes, and since smaller and more frangible pipes must not be subjected to clamping forces so large that they break.
  • the arm 7a should be somewhat inclined, so that it engages against the pipe in the area where the flange 9a merges into the cylindrical pipe wall.
  • the rubber cladding on the arms 7a and 7b increases the friction between these and the pipe, thereby improving retention, as well as preventing the pipe from being damaged.
  • the bucket 2 is then swung in the horizontal plane to a position above the trench, and the bucket lowered into the trench such that the gripped pipe will be in line with pipes previously laid in the trench.
  • the bucket is then moved forwards (to the right in FIG. 2) so that the righthand end of the pipe is inserted in a pipe the same as the pipe 9.
  • the bucket 2 is lowered, for separating the arms 7a and 8b from each other and releasing their grip on the pipe wall. If the pipe 9 is to be thrust further into the previously laid pipe, the bucket can be manoeuvered so that the rubber cladding on the arm 8a presses the flange 9a to the right.
  • the appliance 1 is now removed from the pipe 9 and can be used to lay a further pipe in the trench, or it can be uncoupled from the bucket by opening the gripping means 3 and laid on the ground adjacent the trench for use when one or more new pipes are to be laid in a further portion of the trench excavated by the bucket.

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US6280119B1 (en) 1998-06-19 2001-08-28 Ryan Incorporated Eastern Apparatus and method for placing and engaging elongate workpieces
US6318952B1 (en) 1999-03-26 2001-11-20 M&W Hook Enterprises Pipe laying tool
US6533529B2 (en) 1999-03-26 2003-03-18 Morrow & Waggoner, Inc. Adjustable connector for excavator tool attachment
US20080307681A1 (en) * 2007-06-12 2008-12-18 Mcneil William Duane Excavator Landscape Rake
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US2708592A (en) * 1952-05-10 1955-05-17 Dalkranian James Karmi Tongs
US3039810A (en) * 1960-10-28 1962-06-19 Int Harvester Co Material handling hoist for pallets and the like
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US5580210A (en) * 1995-06-26 1996-12-03 Orvis; Everett E. Seat handling device
US5707168A (en) * 1996-08-15 1998-01-13 Houston Industries, Inc. Heavy object lifting connector device
US6280119B1 (en) 1998-06-19 2001-08-28 Ryan Incorporated Eastern Apparatus and method for placing and engaging elongate workpieces
US6318952B1 (en) 1999-03-26 2001-11-20 M&W Hook Enterprises Pipe laying tool
US6533529B2 (en) 1999-03-26 2003-03-18 Morrow & Waggoner, Inc. Adjustable connector for excavator tool attachment
US20080307681A1 (en) * 2007-06-12 2008-12-18 Mcneil William Duane Excavator Landscape Rake
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SE8200365L (sv) 1983-07-23
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JPS58130878A (ja) 1983-08-04
SE446620B (sv) 1986-09-29
NZ202973A (en) 1985-07-12
AU1050583A (en) 1983-07-28
EP0088057B1 (en) 1986-08-20
DE3365367D1 (en) 1986-09-25
FI72949B (fi) 1987-04-30
NO830174L (no) 1983-07-25
ATE21541T1 (de) 1986-09-15
NO154265B (no) 1986-05-12
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