Patent ID: 7566024
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: B60P,B65H

Abstract:
1. A piping transport structure comprising: a support structure adapted to be mounted on a deployment vehicle; a reel attached to said support structure and having an axis of rotation parallel to a forward direction of motion of the vehicle when the support structure is mounted on the vehicle; piping rolled about said reel; an outrigger connected to said support structure, wherein, when said piping is unrolled from said reel, said piping passes through said outrigger at a distance from said support structure and aside said vehicle, and said vehicle lays said piping on the ground as it moves; and a piping deployment and retrieval device connected to a side of said support structure relative to the outrigger, wherein said piping passes through said piping deployment and retrieval device when said piping is unrolled from said reel and the piping deployment and retrieval device is configured to regulate the unreeling speed of the piping such that the speed that said piping passes through said piping deployment and retrieval device determines the speed at which said piping is laid on the ground.