Textile dispensing apparatus and method of use

• US 10,378,161 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2019
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korey K. Whitaker
• Original Assignee: Korey K. Whitaker
• Inventors: Whitaker, Korey K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Addie, Raymond W
• Application Number:
  US16/262,856
• Publication Number:
  US 20190161922A1
• Time in Patent Office: 195 Days
• Field of Search: 404 75, 404100, 404 72
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 21/00 Apparatus or processes for surface soil stabilisation for road building or like purposes, e.g. mixing local aggregate with binder recycling in place or on the road involving soil stabilisation E01C23/065 ; stabilising soil under existing surfacing E01C23/10; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K17/00; soil consolidation in general E02D3/12
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 23/03 Arrangements for curing paving; Devices for applying curing means; Devices for laying prefabricated underlay, e.g. sheets, membranes reinforcing elements E01C23/04; Protecting paving under construction or while curing, e.g. use of tents road barriers E01F13/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 17/202 with flexible securing means
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 2300/0085 Geotextiles
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 3/00 Improving or preserving soil or rock, e.g. preserving permafrost soil securing of slopes or inclines E02D17/20; damming or interrupting passage of underground water E02D19/12; improving soil for agricultural purposes A01; soil stabilisation for road building or like purposes E01C21/00, E01C23/10; setting rock anchoring bolts E21D

Abstract

A method and apparatus for efficiently laying geotextile or like material on a preferably prepared target surface. The apparatus includes a tractor or like machine mountable dispensing device mounted to a tractor or like construction machine and having at least one roll of geotextile or like material rollingly and dispensingly mounted to the device. The apparatus is used in rolling out and laying down geotextile or like material on a target surface as the tractor or like machine drives/rolls/moves along or in near proximity to the target surface.

Claims

1. A textile dispensing apparatus having a coupling portion adapted to be coupled to a movable vehicle, a plurality of rotatable hubs, and at least one extendable and retractable arm adapted so as to be able to grasp and hold a textile spool while said textile spool may be substantially freely rotated, wherein at least two of said plurality of rotatable hubs are arranged substantially in tandem.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movable vehicle defines at least one of a wheeled tractor and a tracked vehicle.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus includes a plurality of extendable and retractable arms.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said at least one extendable and retractable arm defines a telescopically extendable and retractable arm.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said at least one extendable and retractable arm is hydraulically actuated.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus includes a plurality of telescopically hydraulically extendable and retractable arms, and wherein at least two of said telescopically extendable and retractable arms define a pair of arms adapted to retract away from each other and extend toward each other, and wherein said apparatus is adapted such that actuation of said pair of telescopically extendable and retractable arms causes a textile spool to be rotatably grasped.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said textile spool defines a textile spool having at least one of a width of up to 17 feet and a diameter of up to 2 feet.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is adapted to simultaneously dispense a plurality of textiles, and wherein said overlap defines a first textile substantially overlaying a second textile.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said textiles include a first textile and a second textile, and wherein a non-size physical property of said first textile differs from a non-size physical property of said second textile.

10. A textile dispensing apparatus having a coupling portion adapted to be coupled to a movable vehicle, a plurality of rotatable hubs, and at least one extendable and retractable arm adapted so as to be able to grasp and hold a textile spool while said textile spool may be substantially freely rotated, wherein said apparatus is adapted so as to accommodate variation in a plurality of length, outer diameter, and inner diameter of a textile spool.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said movable vehicle defines at least one of a wheeled tractor and a tracked vehicle.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said device includes a plurality of extendable and retractable arms.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said at least one extendable and retractable arm defines a telescopically extendable and retractable arm.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said at least one extendable and retractable arm is hydraulically actuated.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said device includes a plurality of telescopically hydraulically extendable and retractable arms, and wherein at least two of said telescopically extendable and retractable arms define a pair of arms adapted to retract away from each other and extend toward each other, and wherein said apparatus is adapted such that actuation of said pair of telescopically extendable and retractable arms causes a textile spool to be rotatably grasped.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said textile spool defines a textile spool having at least one of a width of up to 17 feet and a diameter of up to 2 feet.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said apparatus is adapted to simultaneously dispense a plurality of textiles such that a first textile substantially overlays a second textile.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said apparatus includes a first textile and a second textile mounted thereon, and wherein a non-size physical property of said first textile differs from a non-size physical property of said second textile.

19. A method of dispensing textiles comprising providing a textile dispensing apparatus having a movable vehicle adapted to couple to an implement and a textile dispensing device having a coupling portion adapted to be coupled to a movable vehicle, a plurality of rotatable hubs, and at least one extendable and retractable arm adapted so as to be able to grasp and hold a textile spool while said textile spool may be substantially freely rotated, wherein said apparatus is adapted to as to accommodate at least one of a plurality of rotatable hubs arranged substantially in tandem and variation in at least one of length, outer diameter, and inner diameter of a textile spool, and wherein said textile dispensing device is removably coupled to said movable vehicle, and moving said apparatus proximate to a target surface such that textiles are dispensed onto said target surface.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said movable vehicle defines at least one of a wheeled tractor and a tracked vehicle, and wherein said textile dispensing device defines a hydraulically actuated textile dispensing device, and wherein when textile is dispensed a plurality of types of textiles are simultaneously dispensed such that said first textile substantially overlays said second textile, and wherein at least one of the strength and permeability of said first textile differs from the strength and permeability of said second textile.