Presses – Concurrent pressing and conveying – Endless conveyer type
Patent
1981-08-31
1984-06-05
Wilhite, Billy J.
Presses
Concurrent pressing and conveying
Endless conveyer type
100100, 100118, 100121, 100171, 100172, 100173, 68257, 1373552, 226187, 239197, B30B 300
Patent
active
044521359
ABSTRACT:
A fire hose retracting and flattening apparatus has a first endless belt having a width at least as great as that of the hose to be retracted which is mounted in a main frame so as to have a generally planar run thereof on which the hose can be lain. The belt is mounted so as to be operatively connected to a motor to effect the driving thereof in a retracting direction. First and second pairs of rollers are provided which co-act with the planar run of the belt to retract and flatten the hose disposed thereon. The first and second roller pairs are mounted above the planar run, with the first roller pair downstream of the second roller pair, for pivotal movement between a first position wherein the first roller pair is adjacent to the run and the second roller pair is spaced apart therefrom and a second position wherein the first roller pair is spaced apart from the run and the second roller means is adjacent thereto. In addition, a spring biases the first roller pair towards the run in the first position and the second roller pair towards the run in the second position and effects movement of the first and second roller pairs from the first position to the second position in response to a predetermined separation between the first roller pair and the belt.
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