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US 8,646,143 · App. 13/580,823 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Power transmission device and power transmission method

Inventor: Mika Lokkinen (Porvoo, FI)
Assignee: Picote Oy Ltd
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Patent No.
US 8,646,143
App. No.
13/580,823
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention presents a power transmission device comprising a cable, and a duct at least partially surrounding the cable, a reel, into which the cable with its duct can be reeled, a guide for feeding the cable onto and/or off the reel, and a crank in connection with the head end of the cable for rotating the cable. The power transmission device is mainly characterized in that the crank is a hydraulic crank.

Claims (20)

1. A power transmission device,

comprising,

a cable, and a duct at least partially surrounding the cable,

a rotatable reel, the cable and the duct being reeled onto the reel, and

a hydraulic motor connected to ahead end of the cable for rotating the cable.

2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotatable reel is arranged to be rotated by an electric motor.

3. A device according to claim 2 , wherein the electric motor, arranged for rotating the reel, is guided by pedals.

4. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic motor is arranged to rotate along with the reel.

5. A device according to claim 1 , wherein there is a safety switch in operative engagement with the hydraulic motor and the head end of the cable which disconnects the cable from the hydraulic motor when torsion exceeds a limit.

6. A device according to claim 1 , wherein there are means for attaching a tool to the cable.

7. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the device further comprises means for cooling a hydraulic fluid.

8. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the device further comprises a frame, and triple wheels in operative engagement with the frame for moving the device.

9. A device according to claim 1 , wherein a rotation axle of the reel is arranged substantially perpendicular in relation to a base onto which the device is placed when the device is in an operating position.

10. A power transmission device comprising,

a cable, and a duct at least partially surrounding the cable,

a reel arranged to be rotated, into which the cable with its duct can be reeled,

a guide for feeding the cable onto and/or off the reel, and

a hydraulic motor in connection with a head end of the cable for rotating the cable,

the reel arranged to be rotated having an outer ring and an inner ring, the outer ring and the inner ring having a space defined therebetween, and the cable having the duct is reelable into the space between the inner and outer rings.

11. A device according to claim 10 , wherein a difference between a radii of the outer ring and the inner ring of the reel is less than double in relation to a diameter of the duct.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2018
From: PICOTE OY LTD.
To: PICOTE SOLUTIONS OY LTD.
Reel/Frame 045545/0797 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2012
From: LOKKINEN, MIKA
To: PICOTE OY LTD
Reel/Frame 028913/0675 →
Priority Claims (2)
FI 20105181 · Feb 24, 2010 · national
FI 20105182 · Feb 24, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120312910A1 · Dec 13, 2012