Patent ID: 7090086
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
1. A removable and replaceable subassembly hose carrier for a hydraulic fluid conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end and mountable in an extendable boom having at least two tubular boom sections that longitudinally extend and retract relative to each other, with an inner boom section and an outer boom section, the hose carrier comprising a housing, a flexible hose guide that folds to double back upon itself in the housing and which unfolds so a length of the hose guide increases as the hose guide unfolds, at least one hose forming a part of the fluid conduit carried by the hose guide, the at least one hose comprising an inlet end of the fluid conduit, and the at least one hose joining another portion of the fluid conduit, the other portion extending to an outlet end of the fluid conduit, the at least one hose and the hose guide being adapted to extend in length when the outer end is moved in a direction away from the inlet end, the housing being of size to fit entirely within an inner boom section of an extendable boom in which the housing is placed, the inlet end of the fluid conduit having a first bracket releasably securable to a base end of an outer boom section of an extendable boom in which the housing is placed, and the outlet end of the fluid conduit having a second bracket releasably securable to an outer end of an inner boom section of an extendable boom in which the housing is placed, the housing and the fluid conduit being slidable into and out of an extended boom when the first and second brackets are released from respective boom sections.