Elliptical reel for hose transport

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10173860-B2
Application number	US-201314902875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	Aug 20, 2013
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

An elliptical reel is provided. The elliptical reel can include one or more longitudinal support members about a longitudinal axis of the reel and on which hose can be wound for transport. A cross section of the longitudinal support members that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis defines an outline that has an elliptical shape.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly, comprising:
a reel that includes (i) longitudinal support members about and along a longitudinal axis and (ii) a guide flange at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis; and
hose wound beginning at the guide flange and about the longitudinal support members, the hose having an elliptical cross-sectional shape at a first cross section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the hose having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape at a second cross section that is parallel to the non-perpendicular angle.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the reel includes:
external flanges at ends of the reel, the longitudinal support members being between the external flanges;
a drive member along the longitudinal axis of the reel and between the external flanges; and
an internal flange coupled to the longitudinal support members.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal support members define an outline that has the elliptical cross-sectional shape at the first cross section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the outline has a substantially circular cross-sectional shape at the second cross section that is parallel to the non-perpendicular angle.

4. An elliptical reel, comprising:
a drive member defining a longitudinal axis of the elliptical reel;
longitudinal support members extending along the longitudinal axis and about the drive member; and
a guide flange positioned at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and about the longitudinal support members and defining a beginning point at which hose is woundable along the longitudinal axis such that the hose has an elliptical cross-sectional shape at a first cross section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a substantially circular cross-sectional shape at a second cross section that is parallel to the non-perpendicular angle.

5. The elliptical reel of claim 4 , comprising:
a first external flange;
a second external flange, the drive member and the longitudinal support members being positioned between the first external flange and the second external flange;
an internal flange supporting the longitudinal support members; and
a drive flange coupled to the drive member through the first external flange or the second external flange.

6. The elliptical reel of claim 4 , wherein the longitudinal support members define an outline having the elliptical cross-sectional shape at the first cross section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

7. The elliptical reel of claim 4 , wherein the hose is wound about the longitudinal support members beginning at the guide flange, the hose having the elliptical cross-sectional shape at the first cross section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the hose having the substantially circular cross-sectional shape at a the cross section that is parallel to the non-perpendicular angle.

8. The elliptical reel of claim 7 , wherein the elliptical reel with the hose is positioned in a shipping container that is eight feet by eight feet.

9. The elliptical reel of claim 4 , wherein the non-perpendicular angle is in a range of ten degrees to eighty degrees or a range of one hundred degrees to one hundred seventy degrees.

10. A reel for hose transport, the reel comprising:
at least one longitudinal support member about a longitudinal axis of the reel and on which the hose is woundable, the at least one longitudinal support member defining an outline that has an elliptical cross-sectional shape at a first cross section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and
a guide flange positioned at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and by which the hose is woundable at the non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the at least one longitudinal support member defining the outline has a substantially circular cross-sectional shape at a second cross section that is parallel to the non-perpendicular angle.

11. The reel of claim 10 , further comprising:
external flanges, the at least one longitudinal support member extending between the external flanges; and
a drive member along the longitudinal axis and coupled to the external flanges.

12. The reel of claim 11 , further comprising:
an internal flange having an elliptical surface shape and connected to the at least one longitudinal support member; and
drive flanges extending from the external flanges.

13. The reel of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the external flanges has an elliptical surface shape.

14. The reel of claim 10 , wherein the hose is wound about the longitudinal axis, the hose having the elliptical cross-sectional shape at a cross section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the hose having the substantially circular cross-sectional shape at a cross section that is non-perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

15. The reel of claim 14 , wherein the guide flange is positioned about the at least one longitudinal support member, wherein the hose is wound beginning at the guide flange.

16. The reel of claim 10 , wherein the hose is wound about the longitudinal axis and has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the outline that has the elliptical cross-sectional shape.

17. The reel of claim 16 , wherein the reel including the hose wound about the longitudinal axis is positionable in a shipping container that is eight feet by eight feet.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Anderson Alain
• Guffee Larry Edwin
• Miller Tori

Classifications

• B65H75/146 Primary

  with at least one intermediate flange between the two end flanges · CPC title

• B65H2701/535

  Dimensional aspect, e.g. non-cylindrical cores · CPC title

• B65H2701/33

  Hollow or hose-like material · CPC title

• B65H75/26

  Arrangements for preventing slipping of winding · CPC title

• B65H75/14 Primary

  with two end flanges · CPC title