Offshore hose loading station apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10246293-B2
Application number	US-201615132690-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A loading station for transferring supplies via a first hose and a second hose wherein said first hose and said second hose are adapted to be pulled from a first sea vessel or first dock to a second sea vessel or second dock comprising:
a jumper shaft having a first end, a length, and a second end;
a first modular reel assembly having a spool adapted to independently rotate to wind and unwind said first hose from said first sea vessel or first dock to said second sea vessel or second dock and wherein said spool is rotated by a first rotating shaft segment having a first end, a second end attached to said first end of said jumper shaft, and a length;
a second modular reel assembly having a spool adapted to independently rotate to wind and unwind said second hose from said first sea vessel or first dock to said second sea vessel or second dock and wherein said spool is rotated by a second rotating shaft segment having a first end attached to said second end of said jumper shaft, a second end, and a length;
a motor having a third rotating shaft with an end in communication with said first end of said first rotating shaft segment of said first modular reel assembly;
wherein said first rotating shaft, said second rotating shaft and said third rotating shaft are linearly aligned; and
wherein said length of said first rotating shaft, said length of said second rotating shaft, and said length of said jumper shaft are the same.

Assignees

• Rekieta Christopher David
• Thompson Gary Donald
• Spence Michael Leroy
• Baugh Benton Frederick
• Reel Power Licensing Corp

Inventors

• Rekieta Christopher David
• Thompson Gary Donald
• Spence Michael Leroy
• Baugh Benton Frederick

Classifications

• B65H75/4471

  Housing enclosing the reel · CPC title

• B65H2701/33

  Hollow or hose-like material · CPC title

• B65H75/425 Primary

  attached to, or forming part of a vehicle, e.g. truck, trailer, vessel · CPC title

• B63B27/24

  of pipe-lines · CPC title

• B65H75/4481

  Arrangements or adaptations for driving the reel or the material (by a spring B65H75/48) · CPC title