The present invention relates to a modular hot line jib assembly with two opposite facing coaxial booms removably mountable to a boom lift and operated by a radio transmitter. The present invention allows temporary handling of energised powerline conductors of multiple configurations for installation, maintenance, and storm and disaster repair procedures. The present invention also provides modular sub-assemblies which can be installed at the vehicle home base allowing the vehicle to travel with job-related sub-assemblies pre-installed.The present invention provides multiple safety and functionality improvements for enhanced electrical safety of line crew workers including electrical insulation and structural capacity monitoring. Considering that energized work is fraught with fatal accidents, there is also a requirement for electrically insulated equipment which provides a Minimum Approach Distance Barrier to physically restrict energised electrical circuits from creating phase to ground electrical circuits and to reduce possibility of electrical contacts and save lives.
Boom Mountable Modular Hot Line Jib Assembly
2025-04-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02G INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES , Verlegen oder Installieren elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen, Verlegen oder Installieren kombinierter optischer und elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |