Title:
CABLE HANDLING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/025909
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention concerns a cable handling apparatus which is used for winding and unwinding a flexible electrical cable, particularly in a mining environment. The apparatus has a rotatable drum (32) onto and from which the cable (64) can be wound and unwound. A drum drive (36, 122) is provided to rotate the drum, at least during cable winding, about its axis. There is also a feeder (42) configured to feed cable onto and off the drum, in a direction transverse to the axis of the drum, during cable winding and unwinding, as well as a feeder drive arranged, at least during cable winding, to move the feeder lengthwise relative to the drum, in a direction parallel to the axis of the drum, at such a speed that the feeder moves a distance substantially equal to or slightly greater than a diameter of the cable for each rotation of the drum by the drum drive.
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Inventors:
AUCAMP PAULUS JOHANNES (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2011/053756
Publication Date:
May 18, 2012
Filing Date:
August 26, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AGRICULTURAL AND IND MECHANISATION GROUP PROPRIETARY LTD (ZA)
AUCAMP PAULUS JOHANNES (ZA)
AUCAMP PAULUS JOHANNES (ZA)
International Classes:
B65H57/02; B65H57/14; B65H75/42; B65H75/44
Foreign References:
| EP1205417A2 | 2002-05-15 | |||
| FR2274542A1 | 1976-01-09 | |||
| US5402959A | 1995-04-04 | |||
| EP0195687A2 | 1986-09-24 | |||
| GB2156393A | 1985-10-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SPOOR & FISHER et al. (0001 Pretoria, ZA)
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