US Patent:
20030226927, Dec 11, 2003
Inventors:
Pieter Van Dine - Mystic CT, US
David Berger - Chesapeake Beach MD, US
Gregory Machinski - Old Saybrook CT, US
International Classification:
B65H075/36
US Classification:
242/360000, 242/388900, 191/01200R, 137/355160
Abstract:
In the embodiments described in the specification a deployment arrangement for elongated flexible members such as hoses and cables connected between spaced stationary and rotatable components includes two spaced cylinders of different diameter having walls defining an annular path in the space between the components and a support assembly on each component for supplying a flexible member into the annular space between the walls in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the component facing the annular space. Each of the support assemblies includes a guide which limits the bending angle of the flexible member at the location in which it is introduced into the annular space.