Patent ID: 6032844
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A piddler for collecting a rapidly moving tow line and depositing said tow line into a can, wherein said piddler comprises an aspirating jet, comprising an inlet tube and an outlet pipe, for passing said tow line down therethrough in an axial direction, and an outer housing provided with a straight-in fluid inlet port for introducing aspirating fluid into the outer housing in a direction perpendicular to the tow line path, said inlet tube and said outer housing providing therebetween an annular space for passing said aspirating fluid therethrough, said outlet pipe provided with a diverging nozzle, whereby said aspirating fluid is enable to pull the tow line down through and out of said inlet tube and into said diverging nozzle so that the tow line spirals and is deposited in a can, wherein a further improvement comprises a second fluid inlet port connected to said outer housing, said second fluid inlet port being located and arranged to direct fluid in a direction tangential to the tow line path whereby motion in a swirling direction within said outer housing is imparted to fluid entering said outer housing and to said tow line as it emerges from the aspirating jet through said outlet pipe, and wherein said piddler has no moving parts.