WO1991000003A1 - Appareil d'enroulement mobile pour tuyau souple - Google Patents

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WO1991000003A1
WO1991000003A1 PCT/GB1990/001015 GB9001015W WO9100003A1 WO 1991000003 A1 WO1991000003 A1 WO 1991000003A1 GB 9001015 W GB9001015 W GB 9001015W WO 9100003 A1 WO9100003 A1 WO 9100003A1
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David Mitchell
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/40—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable
    • B65H75/42—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable attached to, or forming part of, mobile tools, machines or vehicles
    • B65H75/425—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable attached to, or forming part of, mobile tools, machines or vehicles attached to, or forming part of a vehicle, e.g. truck, trailer, vessel
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G25/00—Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like
    • A01G25/09—Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like
    • A01G25/095—Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like winch-driven
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • B65H75/4481—Arrangements or adaptations for driving the reel or the material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/33—Hollow or hose-like material
    • B65H2701/332—Flattened hoses
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B1/00—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression
    • F02B1/02—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition
    • F02B1/04—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition with fuel-air mixture admission into cylinder

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  • This invention relates to a mobile hose-winding apparatus, in particular to an apparatus for laying, and winding up, lay-flat hose of the type which is used for distributing slurry or dirty water over a field.
  • a mobile hose-winding apparatus in particular to an apparatus for laying, and winding up, lay-flat hose of the type which is used for distributing slurry or dirty water over a field.
  • slurry is usually high in nutrients, particularly nitrogen containing compounds and it is undesirable for these nutrients to escape into water courses and, thereby, into the river system because of the adverse effect this has on the quality of the rivers.
  • a mobile hose-winding apparatus including an axle member, a drive means operative to drive the axle, at least one land-engaging wheel mounted about its axis on the axle and being engageable, by first engagement means, on the axle to rotate therewith, and a hose reel mounted about its axis on the axle and being engageable, by second engagement means, on the axle to rotate therewith.
  • the apparatus in accordance with the present invention preferably has two land-engaging wheels, each having separate engagement means whereby each may be made fast with the axle so that rotation of the axle drives the apparatus through the wheels.
  • the hose-winding apparatus in accordance with the present invention may include several hose reels, each of which is provided with a second engagement means whereby each reel may independently be engaged on the axle to rotate therewith.
  • the first and second engagement means, for engaging the or each land wheel and the hose reel may be combined, or linked, such that engagement of the land wheel or wheels causes disengagement of the hose reel or.reels.
  • This arrangement permits either the land wheel(s) or the hose reel(s) to be engaged, but not both simultaneously. However, it is to be appreciated that the land wheel(s) and hose reel(s) could both be engaged simultaneously to advantage in exceptional ground conditions.
  • the drive means preferably includes a first drive wheel engageable with a second drive wheel secured to the axle.
  • the first drive wheel may be provided with a rubber tyre which contacts the second drive wheel and may be driven by a belt drive from a motor, for example a petrol or diesel motor.
  • the means whereby the first drive wheel is engageable with the second drive wheel may comprise a pivoted rod assembly which, in operation, is capable of moving the first drive wheel into engagement, or out of engagement, as desired, with the second drive wheel.
  • the drive means may include a belt drive for transmitting drive from a first drive wheel to a second drive wheel secured to the axle.
  • the belt drive may comprise first and second drive belts, the first drive belt extending between the first drive wheel and a first intermediate drive wheel and the second drive belt extending between a second intermediate drive wheel and the second drive wheel which is secured to the axle, said second intermediate drive wheel being linked to said first intermediate drive wheel to rotate therewith.
  • the rod assembly is actuated by a control lever movable between first and second positions in which the drive is respectively engaged and disengaged. It is preferred that, in the engaged, or first, position, the control lever must be held manually; on release, the lever returns to the default or disengaged position.
  • a single front, or jockey, wheel At the other end of the apparatus to the axle there may be provided a single front, or jockey, wheel although it is not essential that there is only a single wheel at this end of the apparatus.
  • the framework or chassis of the device may be of a tubular arrangement, for lightness of weight.
  • the apparatus may be adapted to be towed by a vehicle, for example, a tractor.
  • a vehicle for example, a tractor.
  • one of the advantages of the present invention is that it can be moved manually, using the small motor to power the land engaging wheels on the axle and steering being achieved manually, at the front of the device.
  • Figure 1 shows a side view of an apparatus in accordance with the present invention, with its drive means disengaged;
  • Figure 2 shows a similar apparatus to that of Figure 1 with the drive means engaged;
  • Figure 3 shows the axle assembly of the apparatus of Figure 1;
  • Figure 4 is a detailed view of the drive assembly, with the drive in an engaged position;
  • Figure 5 is a detailed view of the drive assembly with the drive in a disengaged position;
  • Figure 6 is a detailed view of the drive control lever of the apparatus shown in Figure 1;
  • Figure 7 is a detailed view of the drive mechanism shown in Figure 1;
  • Figure 8a, 8b and 8c show one arrangement whereby the land wheels and hose reel are engaged on the axle of the apparatus as shown in Figure 1;
  • Figure 9a and 9b show an alternative arrangement to that illustrated in Figure 1;
  • FIGS. 10a and 10b show respective side elevations showing the primary and secondary drive arrangements of another apparatus in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 11 is a plan view of the apparatus shown in Figures 10a and 10b.
  • FIG 12 is a side elevation of the clutch unit employed in the apparatus shown in Figures 10a and 10b.
  • the apparatus comprises a chassis which connects a set of rear land-engaging wheels 2 (comprising wheels 2a and 2b) on an axle 3 with a front jockey wheel 4.
  • the chassis may be a tubular framework for lightness of weight and may be fabricated by welding, or otherwise.
  • the chassis includes a member 5 extending from the rear axle 3 to the front part of the apparatus where the jockey wheel 4 is supported.
  • the jockey wheel 4 is steerable by a steering handle 4a.
  • the output from the engine 6 is connected via a pulley 7 through a drive belt 8 to a first drive wheel 9.
  • a second drive wheel 10 On the axle 3 there is mounted a second drive wheel 10 and three separate hose reels 11a, lib and 11c, on which lay flat hose of, for example, two inch (50 mm) or three inch (75 mm) diameter can be rolled, in lengths of, for example, up to 125 metres.
  • Also provided on the axle 3 are three individual clutches 12a, 12b and 12c.
  • the clutches 12a, 12b, 12c are fast with the axle 3, as is the second drive wheel.
  • the land wheels 2 are made steady by means of spokes 13.
  • the first drive wheel 9 may be moved relative to the second drive wheel 10 carried on the axle by means of a pivoting lever mechanism.
  • the mechanism comprises a control handle 14 connected to a rod 15 which is pivotably connected, via a short member 16, to a further rod 17 which actuates the first drive wheel 9. Movement of the control handle 14 from the position shown in Figure 2 to that shown in Figure 1 causes the first drive wheel 9 to disengage from the second drive wheel 10 on the axle 3, and the belt slackens, as will be clear from Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings ( Figure 4 showing the drive wheels engaged and Figure 5 showing the drive wheels disengaged) .
  • the drive wheel comprises two separate components, an outer component 9a about which the drive belt extends and an inner component 9b to which the outer component 9a is rigidly connected. Inner component 9b engages and drives the second drive wheel 10.
  • the arrangement of the control handle 14 can be more clearly seen in Figure 6.
  • the control handle 14 is pivotable about a pivot point 18. Movement of the control handle from a first position in which it is adjacent to the steering handle 4a of the jockey wheel to a position in which it lies substantially horizontal causes rod 15 to be pulled to the right in the drawing thereby disengaging the drive wheels 9,10. In the first position, the control handle is not "over- centre", which means that, should it be released during operation, it will move quickly to the horizontal position in which the first drive wheel 9 will be disengaged from the second drive wheel 10, and the belt will slacken.
  • Figure 7 shows in more detail the engagement or disengagement of the first drive wheel 9 from second drive wheel 10; the disengaged position is shown by dotted lines whilst the engaged position is shown by solid lines. Reference here should be made to Figure 1 and 2 described above.
  • FIGs 8a to 8c illustrate the selective engagement of a land wheel 2b or a hose reel lie using clutch 12c.
  • the clutch 12c which is fast with axle 3, includes a drive pin 25 capable of engaging a hole 26 (or other abutment means) in a drive plate 27 secured to the hose reel lie.
  • the drive pin includes an operating handle 28. Engagement of the pin 25 in the hole 26 is shown in Figure 8a.
  • the drive pin 25 may alternatively engage a drive catch dog 30 formed as part of a land wheel catch plate 31 on the land wheel 2b to transfer the drive to land wheel 2b.
  • FIGS. 9a and 9b show an alternative arrangement for the selective engagement of land wheel 2b or hose reel lie using clutch 12c.
  • a drive pin 25 and drive catch dog 30 arrangement is used to engage the drive to the land wheel 2b.
  • the hose reel lie is engaged by means of a drive dog 31 which is formed as part of the clutch 12c and which engages a hole 35 in the hose reel drive plate 27.
  • the drive plate 27 and the clutch 12c are urged apart by a spring, for example "schnorr” spring washers, which prevents the drive dog 31 engaging the hole 35 in the drive plate 37.
  • a spring for example "schnorr” spring washers
  • the spring washers 36 are compressed (by urging the hose reel lie inward toward clutch 12c and locking the hose reel lie in position by means of, for example, a pin 32 pushed through a hole 33 in the axle 3) the drive dog engages the hole 35 in the drive plate 27 thereby enabling the drive to be transmitted to the hose reel lie.
  • FIGS 10a, 10b and 11 illustrate an alternative apparatus 40 in accordance with the present invention.
  • the apparatus has the same basic structure as the apparatus shown in Figures 1 to 9 and the same reference numerals as used therein have been used to identify the same or similar component.
  • the drive means of apparatus 40 comprises two arrangements, a primary arrangement 42 as shown in Figure 10a and a secondary arrangement 44 as shown in Figure 10b.
  • the primary arrangement 42 shown in Figure 10a comprises -8- the engine drive pulley 7 which is linked by a primary drive belt 46 to a drive reduction pulley 48. Tensioning of belt 46 is achieved by operation of the control handle 14 which causes a belt tensioning pulley 50 to engage belt 46 thereby tensioning it.
  • Control handle 14 is connected by control rod 15 to a pivoting arrangement 52 to provide movement of pulley 50.
  • drive reduction pulley 48 is mounted on an axle 54 on which there is also mounted a drive pulley 56.
  • Drive pulley 56 is connected via a secondary drive belt 58 to drive wheel 10 which drives axle 3.
  • a belt back idler 60 is provided to tension the secondary belt 58.
  • the engine drive pulley 7 drives the reduction pulley 48 which in turn causes pulley 56 to be driven.
  • This via secondary drive belt 58, drives the main pulley 10 which in turn drives axle 3 on which the hose reels 11 and the drive wheels 2 are mounted.
  • Each of the hose reels 11 and land wheels 2 may be selectively engaged or disengaged on the axle 3 by the various means described in relation to Figures 1 to 9 and, as shown in Figure 11, hose reel lib is driven in this way by means of member 62 which is fast with the axle 3 and the engagement pin 64. Engagement of the wheel engagement pin 64 with the member 62 is achieved manually.
  • the clutch unit 66 will be seen to comprise a central sprocket 70 having a number of teeth 72 around its periphery. This sprocket 70 is made fast with the axle 3. Mounted on each wheel 2a, 2b is a disc 74. Wheel spokes 76 emanate from this disc 74. Mounted on the disc 74 is a pawl arrangement 78 comprising a pawl 80 which is capable of engaging teeth 72 on the sprocket 70 in order to lock the disc 74 in relation to the sprocket so that drive may pass to the wheels 2. Pawl 80 is urged into engagement with teeth 72 by a spring 80. The two positions of the pawl 80 can be seen in Figure 12.
  • first position 80a in which the pawl is engaged with the sprocket 70
  • second position 80b in which the pawl is disengaged. Operation of the pawl 80 is controlled by an operating lever 82.
  • This clutch arrangement may be used on any of the land wheels 2a, 2b or hose reels 11a, lib or lie.
  • a short length of lay flat hose is first unreeled from the hose reel 11 and laid on the ground.
  • the drive is then engaged to the land wheels 2 and, as the apparatus 1 moves along the ground, the hose reel 11 will rotate about the axle 3 thereby unwinding the hose onto the ground.
  • the land wheels 2 are disengaged and the hose reel is engaged to the drive. This rotates the hose reel 11 and causes the lay flat hose to be wound onto the hose reel, at the same time draining any remaining slurry or liquid out of the lay flat hose.
  • the drive to the hose reel 11 can be disengaged and the drive to the land wheel 2 engaged thereby to move the apparatus 1 to another location.
  • the apparatus of the present invention is particularly suited to the laying, and winding up, of lay-flat hose, it is to be appreciated that it can be employed for any type of flexible hose, or indeed any other flexible material which has to be laid, and subsequently wound up.

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L'invention décrit un appareil d'enroulement mobile (1) pour tuyau souple, qui comprend un élément d'essieu (3) un organe d'entraînement (9, 10) fonctionnant de façon à entraîner l'essieu (3), au moins une roue (2) en prise avec le sol, qui est montée par son axe sur l'essieu (3) et avec laquelle est en prise sur l'essieu (3) un premier groupe d'organes de prise (12, 25, 28, 30) faisant tourner la roue avec lui, ainsi qu'une bobine d'enroulement (11) pour tuyau souple, qui est montée par son axe sur l'essieu (3) et avec laquelle est en prise sur l'essieu (3) un second groupe d'organes de prise (12, 25, 26, 28) faisant tourner la bobine avec lui.
PCT/GB1990/001015 1989-06-30 1990-07-02 Appareil d'enroulement mobile pour tuyau souple WO1991000003A1 (fr)

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GB9202015A GB2251425B (en) 1989-06-30 1992-01-30 Mobile hose-winding apparatus

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GB8915052A GB2233311A (en) 1989-06-30 1989-06-30 Mobile hose-winding apparatus
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FR90770E (fr) * 1965-08-20 1968-02-16 Eau & Feu Sa Enrouleur agricole pour irrigation par tuyaux souples
US3446235A (en) * 1966-06-13 1969-05-27 Shayne Linderman Hose-handling apparatus,self-propelled,with horizontal drum
FR2562880A1 (fr) * 1984-04-16 1985-10-18 Blanc Marcel Devidoir mobile assiste

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FR90770E (fr) * 1965-08-20 1968-02-16 Eau & Feu Sa Enrouleur agricole pour irrigation par tuyaux souples
US3446235A (en) * 1966-06-13 1969-05-27 Shayne Linderman Hose-handling apparatus,self-propelled,with horizontal drum
FR2562880A1 (fr) * 1984-04-16 1985-10-18 Blanc Marcel Devidoir mobile assiste

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EP1757551A1 (fr) 2005-08-22 2007-02-28 Macc Batiment Dérouleur de bobines ou de couronnes de tubes semi rigides ou câbles

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