CABLE COUNTER FOR A SEWER CLEANING MACHINE

• Main Authors: KUHLS, Alex R, SKINNER, Luke J, WESTERBY, Carl B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.04.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CESSPOOLS; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; COMPUTING; COUNTING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SEWERAGE; SEWERS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; WATER SUPPLY

A sewer cleaning machine includes a frame and a drum rotatably supported by the frame. The drum defines an opening. The sewer cleaning machine also includes a cable supported within the drum and is operable to enter and exit the drum through the opening. The cable includes a plurality of tags spaced along a length of the cable. The sewer cleaning machine further includes a reader module positioned adjacent the opening. The reader module is operable to identify each of the plurality of tags as the plurality of tags passes the reader module and communicate to a user a distance the cable is payed out of the drum based on the plurality of tags.