Abstract: A mobile sewer cleaning apparatus having a rotating drum and a flexible hose wound thereon. Preferably mounted on the sewer cleaning apparatus is a device for measuring the length of hose paid out from the drum. The measuring device may be used, among other things, for measuring the speed of the hose as it is wound or unwound from the drum, and for controlling a safety device intended to stop the flow of water through the hose as the hose is being wound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 1991
Date of Patent:
September 7, 1993
Assignee:
Caoutchouc Manufacture ET Plastioues S.A.