EP1760024B1 - Portable hose or cable reel - Google Patents

Abstract

The reel has a hand grip (22) attached to a guiding device (26) for guiding a hose or cable (18). The guiding device has a guiding unit formed by a guide bar (27) that guides directly the hose or cable during coiling process of the hose or cable and overlaps a reel body (14) parallel to the hand grip. The guide bar exhibits a transverse sliding surface that extends continuously over the width of a winding space (17) for the cable.

Description

The invention relates to a portable hose or cable drum, with a rotatably mounted on a stand frame about a drum axis drum body having a winding space for winding a hose or a cable, wherein at an upper portion of the rack a substantially parallel to the drum axis extending handle is arranged for gripping by hand, which is associated with a guide means for guiding the hose or the cable, wherein the guide means comprises at least one guide member which engages under the hose or the cable during the winding process, wherein the guide element of a, the drum body substantially parallel for cross-handle, the hose or the cable during the winding process immediately leading guide rod is formed, which od a continuous, substantially across the width of the winding space away extending transverse sliding surface for the hose, the cable. Like and wherein the stand frame has a vertical portion substantially perpendicularly projecting from the handle, at least one end portion of the handle spaced from the vertical portion, at least one handle extending from the handle, extending substantially perpendicular to the handle connecting portion for connecting the guide rod and handle is arranged.

The US 4,577,809 discloses an electric cable reeling device having a single spar shaped frame having a foot portion and a handle at opposite end portions. At the vertical portion between the foot part and the handle a reel is rotatably mounted, to which the electrical cable is wound by manually initiated rotary motion on the reel. Before being wound onto the reel, the cable is still guided over a guide roller arranged below the handle.

The JP 2000-313567 discloses a hose reel, with a frame-like frame, at the top of a kind of handle and connected to the handle a guide rod for guiding the hose during winding is arranged on the hose reel. The guide rod extends substantially over the width of the winding space.

The DE 295 04 913 U1 discloses an auxiliary device for winding cables, the base frame of which has two footrests, a vertical section and a handle section located above the drum body. The guide of the cable during winding takes place via the releasably mounted on one of the footrests auxiliary device.

From the DE 297 16 825 U1 a device for cable management for cable drums is known, which consists of two mounting shells and can be attached to a base of the cable drum.

A portable hose or cable drum is also made of DE 201 01 195 U1 known, which deals with the problem that when winding a water hose on a hose rewinder existing residual water is also wound, whereby the entire hose winder is relatively heavy. Furthermore, moss may form on the inner wall surface of the hose due to the residual water remaining. To remedy this problem, the DE 201 01 195 U1 to provide a hose crimping unit in the form of a rod element extending parallel to the handle, so that the water hose is squeezed out during the winding between the handle and the rod element or a sleeve rotatably mounted on the rod element. In the hose existing residual water is thus pushed out.

In the DE 199 63 879 A1 For example, a guide device is disclosed which is attached to the stirrup of the rack. However, the unwinding of the cable is cumbersome because the normal unwinding direction is directed upwards, but the cable must first run through the guide attached to the stirrup here, until it can then be pulled upwards.

In the DE 101 15 664 C2 discloses a cable guide for a cable drum of the type mentioned above, which is arranged in the region of the handle and a, attached to a vertical portion of the rack frame via fastening means guide rail on which a holder is guided, on which in turn arranged an eyelet for guiding the cable is.

The object of the invention is to provide a portable hose or cable drum of the type mentioned above, which od a simple and inexpensive to produce guide means for guiding a hose, a cable. Like., With which the wound hose, the cable to be wound od The like can be wound up quickly and reliably, so with good Aufwickelergebnis.

This object is achieved by a portable hose or cable drum having the features of independent claim 1. Further developments of the invention are shown in the subclaims.

The portable hose or cable drum according to the invention is characterized in that at both end portions of the handle connecting parts are arranged, which are integrally formed with the handle and together with this form a fork-like body, the guide rod at one end and at the other end mounted on the other connecting part is, and wherein the handle is formed as a plug-on part for attachment to a horizontal portion of the rack.

Compared to the quite expensive, many components having guide device according to the DE 101 15 664 C2 , The invention is designed much simpler, since only the management staff is absolutely necessary. Such a guide rod can thus be produced inexpensively in a simple manner. Characterized in that the transverse sliding surface of the guide rod extends substantially over the width of the winding space, it is ensured that the hose or the cable can be wound evenly, ie over the entire width of the winding space. The hose or the cable can thus slide back and forth during winding on the Quergleitfläche and slide, so that a uniform winding is guaranteed. In the case of the cable guide disclosed in the latter publication, such a transverse sliding is not possible even if one assumes - this is in the DE 101 15 664 C2 However, not revealed beyond doubt - that the holder described there can move along the guide rail, the winding process shown there is much more uncomfortable, since it is not guaranteed that the holder moves automatically during winding in the guide rail, which in turn to a time-consuming readjustment by hand or, if this is not done, uneven winding the hose, the cable od. Like. leads. This problem does not occur in the portable hose or cable drum according to the invention, since here the cable or hose can slide back and forth directly on the guide rod.

The guide rod is not attached directly to the vertical portion of the rack, but at the connecting parts.

The connecting parts are integrally connected to the handle, so that they can be formed, for example, in the manufacture of the handle with.

In a particularly preferred manner, the guide rod is detachably attachable to the connecting parts. This makes it possible to remove the guide rod when needed, for example, to achieve better comfort when wearing the hose or cable drum. Also, a removable guide rod is helpful if the hose or cable is to be replaced.

So that the guide rod can not inadvertently come loose from the connecting parts, latching means are provided, via which the guide rod can be latched captively on the connecting part and released again as required.

In order to keep the friction between the hose or cable sliding on the transverse sliding surface of the guide rod or cable as low as possible, the guide rod can be rotatably mounted on the connecting parts via pivot bearing means. This makes it possible that in the winding direction no sliding friction but the lower coefficient of friction having rolling friction prevails. This protects the surface of the guide rod and the other the hose or cable sheath. Preferably, the rotary bearing means are designed on the guide rod or on the connecting parts plain bearing. Of course, other types of bearings are also conceivable, for example ball bearings or the like. Particularly preferably, the plain bearings are each formed by a recess receiving a rotatable, in particular cylindrically shaped, end region of the guide rod in the associated connection part. Alternatively, it is possible to provide on the associated connection part a substantially perpendicularly projecting from the inside of its journal, which engages in a correspondingly shaped opening on the guide rod, wherein the guide rod is then rotatably mounted on the pin. The recess may have a to the top of the associated connection part open towards insertion or Ausführöffnung for the guide rod and in the direction of the underside of the associated connection part, a bearing seat for the guide rod forming, closed to the bottom end.

Alternatively, it is possible to provide pivot bearing means which belong neither to the connection part nor to the guide rod, so are separate components.

There are arranged at both end portions of the handle connecting parts, which together with the handle form a fork-like, in particular U-shaped body, wherein the guide rod is mounted at one end at one and the other at the other connecting part. The basic body can thus be supplemented with mounted guide rod to a kind of frame. Handle and the two connecting parts are integrally formed.

The handle is designed as a plug-on part for attachment to a horizontal section, in particular transverse spar, of the stand frame. It is possible that the handle can then be withdrawn again from this horizontal section as needed, but it is preferable to fix the handle undetachably on the horizontal section.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the handle and / or the connecting parts and / or the guide rod made of plastic. Preferably, the aforementioned components are produced by means of plastic injection molding.

Figur 1

eine Seitenansicht des bevorzugten Ausführungsbei- spiels der erfindungsgemäßen tragbaren Schlauch- oder Kabeltrommel,

Figur 2

eine Vorderansicht auf die Schlauch- oder Kabel- trommel von Figur 1,

Figur 3

eine Draufsicht auf die Schlauch- oder Kabeltrommel von Figur 1,

Figur 4

eine perspektivische Ansicht des Handgriffs samt Verbindungsteilen und Führungsstab, wobei der Füh- rungsstab in von den Verbindungsteilen abgenommenem Zustand (strichpunktierte Linien) und im montierten Zustand (durchgezogene Linien) dargestellt ist,

Figur 5

eine Hinteransicht des Handgriffs von Figur 1,

Figur 6

eine Draufsicht auf den Handgriff von Figur 4 und

Figur 7

eine Vorderansicht auf den Handgriff von Figur 7 mit Teilschnitt entlang der Linie VII-VII von Figur 6.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings and will be explained in more detail below. The drawings show:

FIG. 1

a side view of the preferred embodiment of the inventive portable hose or cable drum,

FIG. 2

a front view of the hose or cable drum of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3

a plan view of the hose or cable drum of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4

a perspective view of the handle together with connecting parts and guide rod, wherein the Füh- rod is shown in the state detached from the connecting parts (dotted lines) and in the mounted state (solid lines),

FIG. 5

a rear view of the handle of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6

a plan view of the handle of FIG. 4 and

FIG. 7

a front view of the handle of FIG. 7 with partial section along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6 ,

The FIGS. 1 to 3 This has a on a stand frame 12 rotatably mounted about a drum axis 13 drum body 14, in turn, from a hose, the cable 18 od. Like. Receiving winding shaft 15 and the winding shaft 15th on both ends final drum cover 16a, 16b with respect to the winding shaft 15 significantly larger diameter. The drum body 14 may be made of rubber, plastic or metal, in particular steel material.

The opposite inner sides of the two drum covers 16a, 16b define a winding space 17 for winding up the hose, the cable 18 or the like. For the sake of simplicity, the hose or cable drum will be referred to simply as the cable drum 11.

The base frame 12 consists of a foot 19, via which the cable drum 11 can be parked stable on the ground. At the foot 19 closes, in particular in one piece connected to this, a vertical portion 20, which merges above the drum cover 16a, 16b in a substantially parallel to the drum axis 13 extending horizontal portion 21 in particular in one piece. At this horizontal portion 21 designed as Aufsteckteil handle 22 is formed, which is attached to the horizontal portion 21.

At the front of the two drum cover 16b is a socket area 23 with a certain number of sockets 24, for example, three or four in number. Furthermore, at least one rotary handle 25 over which the drum body 14 can be set into rotary motion for the purpose of winding or unwinding the cable 18 is located on the front drum cover 16b. There are three exemplary in this case three rotary handles 25 are provided, in particular with the same angular distance from each other. The rotary handles 25 are preferably designed as pins, which are integrally formed with the front drum cover 16b and protrude from this substantially perpendicular.

The handle 22 is associated with a guide means 26 for guiding the cable 18, wherein the guide means 26 has a guide element in the form of a guide rod 27 which engages under the cable 18 to be led during the winding process. The guide rod 27 engages over the drum body 14 substantially parallel to the handle 22. The cable 18 to be wound is guided directly by the guide rod 27, wherein the guide rod 27 has a continuous, substantially across the width of the winding space 17 across away extending transverse sliding surface 28 for the cable 18. The guide rod 27 is preferably formed as a cylindrical body with a continuous smooth surface.

To connect the guide rod 27 and handle 22 serve on both sides of the handle 22 substantially at right angles from this projecting connecting parts 29a, 29b, which project fork-like forward and together with the handle 22 form an approximately U-shaped base body 30. Handle 22 and the two connecting parts 29a, 29b are made of plastic and are integrally formed on each other, in particular, the connecting parts 29a, 29b are formed in the manufacture of the handle 22 with the same. Also, the guide rod 27 is preferably made of plastic material.

As in particular in FIG. 5 As already mentioned, the handle 22 is designed as a plug-on part and therefore has a passage opening with which it can be plugged onto the horizontal section 21 of the stand frame 12. Further, located on the handle 22, a half-shell-like curved portion 32, the curvature of which is adapted to the bend between the vertical portion 20 and the horizontal portion 21 of the stand frame 12, said elbow 32 is in particular integrally connected to the handle 22.

The protruding from the handle 22 connecting portions 29a, 29b have in the direction of their respective haltegrifffernen end a narrowing cross-section and each terminate with a round end portion. At the opposite Inner sides 33a, 33b of the two connecting parts 29a, 29b are each a recess 45a, 45b for receiving the one or the other end of the guide rod 27. The recesses 45a, 45b are designed such that the guide rod 27 if required by the connecting parts 29a , 29b is again detachable, so that a comfortable handling of the cable 18 is possible, for example, to exchange this, to wait od. Like .. The guide rod 27 can be about locking means 50 (FIG. FIG. 6 ) at the connecting parts 29a, 29b captively latched. The latching means 50 may be assigned to the recesses 45a, 45b and configured such that the guide rod 27 can be released again if required.

Thus, the friction between the leading cable 18 and the guide rod 27 when winding in the winding direction is not too large, pivot bearing means in the form of plain bearings 34 are provided, through which the guide rod 27 is rotatably mounted on the connecting parts 29a, 29b. The sliding bearings 34 are formed by the two recesses 45a, 45b arranged on the opposite inner sides 33a, 33b of the connecting parts 29a, 29b. In this case, lying in the direction of the lower sides of the connecting parts 29a, 29b, closed to the bottom end regions each form a bearing seat 35 with a round shape in which the cylindrical ends of the guide rod 27 are rotatably mounted slidably.

As in particular in FIG. 4 1, the recesses 45a, 45b are open to the respective upper sides 36a, 36b of the two connecting parts 29a, 29b and have inlet and outlet openings 37a, 37b for the guide rod 27. The guide rod 27 can thus be moved from above via the input or output Exhaust openings 37a, 37b pass into the recesses 45a, 45b and then lie in the mounted state rotatable on the bearing seats 35 on. In this case, the guide rod 27 is pressed downwards so therefore in its bearing seats 35 via its own weight and the weight of the over the guide rod 27 on the transverse sliding surface 28 back and forth sliding cable 18 down. This prevents the guide rod 27 from being inadvertently released from the connecting parts 29a, 29b by the cable 18 to be wound up.

As in particular in the FIGS. 2 and 3 shown, the transverse sliding surface 28 of the guide rod 27 extends substantially over the width of the winding space 17. So that the cable 18 does not slip during winding from the guide rod 27, stops are provided at both ends of the Quergleitfläche 28, thus the guide rod 27, the here are formed by the two connecting parts 29a, 29b itself. As in particular in FIG. 2 can be seen, close the two outer sides of the connecting parts 29a, 29b with the respective associated drum covers 16a, 16b substantially, wherein due to the width of the respective connecting parts 29a, 29b, the actually available Quergleitfläche 28 only between the two inner sides of the connecting parts 29a, 29b itself extends and thus the full winding space or the width of the drum body 14 is not fully utilized. However, it is also possible to dimension the distance of the two connecting parts 29a, 29b such that practically the entire width of the winding space 17 can be utilized. The distance between the guide rod 27 in the assembled state and the handle 22 is dimensioned such that a cable attached to the conventional plug does not fit through the gap formed between the guide rod 27 and handle 22, so therefore a coil stop is given by the striking of the plug. This prevents the plug from rotating around the drum when wound up and possibly unintentionally hits the ground, which can damage the plug.

For winding up the cable 18, the guide rod 27, if not yet mounted, inserted from above into the input and output opening 37a, 37b at the two connecting parts 29a, 29b and enters the recesses 45a, 45b and finally to the There, the guide rod 27 is engaged via the locking means 50 so that it can not inadvertently detached from the connecting parts 29a, 29b. Thereafter, the winding operation is started, in which the drum body 14 is rotated by an introduced via the rotary handles 25 rotational movement in rotation. When winding the cable 18 slides on the transverse sliding surface 28 of the guide rod 27 back and forth, so that a uniform winding on the drum body 14 is made possible. Due to the rotatable mounting of the guide rod 27, the friction between the cable 18 and the surface of the guide rod 27 is kept relatively low in the winding, so that the Aufwickelwiderstand is relatively low. The end of the winding process is achieved when a plug attached to the end of the cable 18 abuts.

Claims (9)

1. Portable hose or cable drum with a drum body (14) mounted rotatably on a stand (12) around a drum axis (13) and having a winding space (17) for the winding up of a hose, a cable (18) or the like, wherein there is provided on an upper section of the stand (12) a handle (22) for gripping with the hand and extending substantially parallel to the drum axis (13) and to which is assigned a guiding device (26) for guiding the hose, cable (18) or the like, wherein the guiding device (26) has at least one guide element which engages beneath the hose, cable (18) or the like during the winding process, wherein the guide element is formed by a guide rod (27) which overlaps the drum body (14) substantially parallel to the handle (22) and directly guides the hose or cable (18) during the winding process and has a transverse sliding surface (28) for the hose, cable (18) or the like extending substantially over the width of the winding space (17), and wherein the stand (12) has a vertical section (20) from which the handle (22) projects substantially at right-angles, wherein there is provided on at least one end section of the handle (22), with clearance from the vertical section (20), at least one connecting part (29a, 29b) originating from and extending substantially at right-angles to the handle (22), for the connection of the guide rod (27) and the handle (22), characterised in that connecting parts (29a, 29b) are provided at both end sections of the handle (22) and are integral with the handle (22), together with which they form a fork-like base body (30), wherein the guide rod (27) is mounted at one end on the one connecting part (29a, 29b) and at the other end on the other connecting part (29a, 29b), and wherein the handle (22) is designed as a push-on part for pushing on to a horizontal section (21) of the stand (12).
2. Drum according to claim 1, characterised in that the guide rod (27) may be held captive on the connecting parts (29a, 29b) by latching means (50) and may be released as required.
3. Drum according to either of claims 1 or 2, characterised in that the guide rod (27) is mounted rotatably on the connecting parts (29a, 29b) via pivot bearing means (45a, 45b).
4. Drum according to claim 3, characterised in that the pivot bearing means are formed by sliding bearings (34) formed on the guide rod (27) or on the connecting parts (29a, 29b).
5. Drum according to claim 4, characterised in that the sliding bearings (34) are each formed by a rotatable, in particular cylindrical, end section of the recess (45a, 45b) in the assigned connecting part (29a, 29b) which accommodates the guide rod (27).
6. Drum according to claim 5, characterised in that the recess (45a, 45b) has an insertion and removal opening (37a, 37b) for the guide rod (27), open towards the top of the assigned connecting part (29a, 29b) and, in the direction towards the underside of the assigned connecting part (29a, 29b), has an end section closed towards the underside and forming a bearing seat (35) for the guide rod (27).
7. Drum according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the handle (22) is provided with a half-shell-like elbow part (32) with a curvature matched to the bend between the vertical section (20) and the horizontal section (21) of the stand (12), and which comes to rest there with the handle (22) in the fitted state.
8. Drum according to claim 7, characterised in that the elbow part (32) is joined integrally to the handle (22).
9. Drum according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that the handle (22) and/or the connecting parts (29a, 29b) and/or the guide rod (27) are made of plastic.

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