JP3211372U - Hose reels - Google Patents

Abstract

A compact hose reel is provided. A hose reel includes a casing, a drum that is rotatably held inside the casing, a hose that can be wound around the drum, a grip and a barrel that are connected to the hose. A gun 18. The casing 12 has a holding portion 24 that receives the barrel 22 of the water spray gun 18 from the outside and holds the water spray gun. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present embodiment relates to a watering hose reel.

  Conventionally, a hose reel including a casing, a drum rotatably held in the casing, a hose that can be wound around the drum, and a watering gun connected to the hose is known. The casing has a storage space for the water spray gun inside, and the water spray gun can be stored in the casing.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-104644 Utility Model Registration No. 3173873

  By the way, it is desirable that the hose reel is compact, that is, has a small and coherent form from the viewpoint of handling, transportation, ease of storage, and the like. The conventional hose reel has a generally coherent form because the watering gun is housed inside the casing. However, since the storage space for the water spray gun is provided inside the casing, the volume or size of the casing increases, which hinders the miniaturization of the hose reel.

  The present embodiment provides a compact hose reel.

  According to one aspect of the present embodiment, the hose reel includes a casing, a drum rotatably held inside the casing, a hose that can be wound around the drum, a grip connected to the hose, and A watering gun having a barrel. The casing has a holding portion for receiving the barrel of the watering gun from the outside and holding the watering gun.

  According to the present embodiment, a compact hose reel can be provided.

The perspective view of the hose reel which concerns on embodiment. The front view of the hose reel which concerns on embodiment. The top view of the hose reel which concerns on embodiment. The perspective view of the casing which comprises the hose reel which concerns on embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. The front view of the drum which comprises the hose reel which concerns on embodiment. The bottom view of the hose reel which concerns on embodiment shown except a hose. The front view of the joint member of two hoses connected mutually via the connection tool. The side view of the watering gun in the state when the water quantity adjustment lever which comprises the hose reel which concerns on embodiment is not hold | gripped. The side view of the watering gun in the state when the water quantity adjustment lever which comprises the hose reel which concerns on embodiment is hold | gripped.

  Embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals.

  In addition, the embodiments described below exemplify apparatuses and methods for embodying the technical idea, and do not specify the material, shape, structure, arrangement, etc. of the component parts as follows. . This embodiment can be variously modified within the scope of the utility model registration request.

(Embodiment)
Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a hose reel according to the present embodiment is generally indicated by reference numeral 10.

  The hose reel 10 includes a casing 12, a drum 14 rotatably held in the casing, a hose 16 that can be wound around the drum, and a water spray gun 18 connected to the hose. The water spray gun 18 has an overall “<” shape and has a grip 20 and a barrel 22. The casing 12 has a holding portion 24 that receives the barrel 22 of the water spray gun 18 from the outside and holds the water spray gun 18.

  The casing 12 has a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape that defines an arrangement space between the drum 14 and the hose 16 wound around the drum 14. As shown in FIG. 4, the casing 12 has a top portion 28 and a bottom portion 30 that face each other, a front portion 32 and a rear portion 34 that face each other, and two side portions 36 and 38 that face each other. The drum 14 is disposed between both side portions 36 and 38 of the casing 12 and is rotatably supported by the both side portions 36 and 38. The top portion 28 and the bottom portion 30 (and the front portion 32 and the rear portion 34) of the casing 12 and both side portions 36 and 38 respectively define an allowable winding thickness and an allowable winding width of the hose 16 wound around the drum 14.

  The casing 12 has an oval opening 40 provided at the front portion 32 and extending in the extending direction of the front portion (vertical direction in FIG. 4). Through the opening 40, the hose 16 extends inside and outside the casing 12 (FIG. 1).

  The hose 16 is connected to a drum 14 and a water spray gun 18 at both ends thereof, and communicates with a water passage (not shown) provided in the drum 14 and a water passage (not shown) provided in the water spray gun 18. Yes. Further, a water supply hose 39 is detachably connected to the drum 14 via the joint member 62, and tap water is introduced into the water passage of the drum 14 through the hose 39, and the water spray gun 18 is connected to the drum 14 through the hose 16. It is supplied to the water passage.

  The holding portion 24 of the casing 12 is provided in a boundary region 42 that is a region including the boundary between the top portion 28 and the front portion 32 of the casing 12 and the vicinity of the boundary. In the illustrated example, the boundary region 42 is curved and extends in an arc shape from the top portion 28 of the casing 12 toward the front portion 32. The holding portion 24 has a hole 44 that allows the barrel 22 to be inserted to receive the barrel 22 of the water spray gun 18. The hole 44 extends through the boundary region 42 of the casing 12 and extends parallel to the top 28 and the bottom 30 of the casing 12. In place of the illustrated example, the hole 44 may be a non-through hole, that is, a hole that opens only to the outside of the casing 12 and the outside.

  Referring again to FIGS. 1 to 3, the water spray gun 18 is inserted into the hole 44 and held in the casing 12 in the barrel 22. At this time, the grip 20 of the water spray gun 18 is placed in a state facing the front portion 32 of the casing 12 and the opening 40 occupying a part of the front portion.

  The barrel 22 of the water spray gun 18 has a base portion 22a connected to the grip 20 and a tip portion 22b provided with a nozzle 41 (see FIG. 5) (see FIG. 4). The water spray gun 18 may have a mesh-like cap 66 (see FIG. 9) that is releasably attached to the tip 22 b of the barrel 22 and covers the nozzle 41. According to this, the water ejected from the nozzle 41 can be ejected radially through the cap 66. On the other hand, the hole 44 for receiving the barrel 22 of the water spray gun 18 has a peripheral edge 46 with which the base 22a and the tip 22b of the barrel 22 can contact each other. In the illustrated example, the peripheral edge 46 of the hole 44 has an elliptical shape as a whole, and has a lower edge portion 46a and an upper edge portion 46b that project in the hole 44 toward one another. When the water spray gun 18 is held in the casing 12, the barrel 22 abuts the lower edge 46 a and the upper edge 46 b of the peripheral edge 46 at the base 22 a and the tip 22 b of the barrel 22, respectively. It extends parallel to the axis 44 of the hole 44.

  The hole 44 for receiving the barrel 22 of the water spray gun 18 is also sized to allow the barrel 22 to move freely. From this, in the hole 44, the barrel 22 is changed from a direction extending parallel to the axis of the hole 44 to a direction intersecting with the axis, so that the tip 22b of the barrel 22 is wound around the drum 14. 16 can be directed. By changing the direction of the barrel 22 and ejecting water from the nozzle 41 at the tip 22b of the barrel 22, water is applied to the hose 16 wound around the drum 14, and the hose 16 is cleaned in the casing 12. it can. The casing 12 is provided with a water draining hole 52 (FIG. 4) at the bottom 30, and the water used for cleaning the hose 16 can be discharged to the outside of the casing 12 through the hole 52.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the water spray gun 18 is held by the casing 12 outside thereof. For this reason, the casing 12 does not have a storage space required when the water spray gun 18 is stored therein, and the capacity of the casing 12 can be made relatively small. Moreover, the water spray gun 18 is received by the holding part 24 of the casing 12 in the barrel 22 which is a part thereof. For this reason, the mode of holding the water spray gun 18 with respect to the casing 12 can be made relatively orderly. Thereby, it can be set as the hose reel 10 which has the compact form which is small and united as a whole.

  The casing 12 is also provided with a handle 50 for the convenience of carrying the hose reel 10. The handle 50 extends between two holes 54 and 56 that are provided in the top portion 28 and the rear portion 34 of the casing 12 and are close to each other. The handle 50 can be grasped by inserting a finger from one hole 56 toward the other hole 54. By configuring the handle 50 as a part of the casing 12, for example, the hose reel 10 can be made more compact as compared with a case where a handle serving as a handle is provided on the top portion 28 of the casing 12.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the drum 14 includes a body portion 14 a around which the hose 16 is wound, and a pair of flange portions 14 b that are fixed to both ends of the body portion and face each other. Both flange portions 14b define a space for winding the hose 16 therebetween. The drum 14 can be rotated by rotating a disk 58 that is rotatably supported on one side 36 of the casing 12 and fixed to one end of the body 14 a of the drum 14. A handle 60 for rotating the disc 58 is attached to the disc 58.

  The water passages provided in the drum 14 are open at the other end, which is the other end of the barrel portion 14a, and the peripheral surface portion of the barrel portion 14a. The water supply hose 39 and the hose 16 are respectively connected to the drum 14 at the other end portion and the peripheral surface portion of the body portion 14a and communicated with the water passage. The water supply hose 39 and the hose 16 can be connected to the drum 14 through a conventionally known joint member 62 provided on the hose 39 side and another joint member 63 provided on the casing 12 side, respectively.

  Further, the water passage of the water spray gun 18 is opened to the outside at the tip 20 a (FIG. 6) of the grip 20, and is connected to the nozzle 41 of the barrel 22. The hose 16 can be connected to the tip 20a of the grip 20 of the water spray gun 18 through a conventionally known joint member 64.

  After use of the hose reel 10, the hose 16 is removed from the water spray gun 18, and the water supply hose 39 is removed from the drum 14, and then the water supply hose 39 is connected to the hose 16. 14 can be wrapped around. In the illustrated example, a housing portion 48 for a connection tool 67 (see FIGS. 7 and 8) provided for connection between the water supply hose 39 and the hose 16 is provided at the bottom 30 of the casing 12.

  The illustrated connecting device 67 has a truncated chevron shape as a whole, that is, two end portions 67a that define a shape in which the apex of the chevron is cut out to form a flat head, and both end portions 67a. And an intermediate portion 67b connected to 67a. Both end portions 67a of the connection tool 67 can be inserted into a joint member 64 connected to the hose 16 and a joint member 62 connected to the water supply hose 39 (see FIG. 8). On the other hand, the storage portion 48 of the connection tool 67 has a dome-shaped space that can receive the connection tool 67 and opens to the outside of the casing 12, and is elastically deformable provided in the dome-shaped space. It has two claws 48a and one claw 48b (FIG. 8). The connection tool 67 is releasably locked to the two claws 48a and one claw 48b at both end portions 67a and the intermediate portion 67b, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the water spray gun 18 includes a plate-shaped water amount adjustment lever 70 that is attached to the grip 20 via a shaft 68 and can swing around the shaft 68. The water amount adjusting lever 70 is provided with a spring force in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing. The water amount adjusting lever 70 can be swung clockwise toward the grip 20 against the spring force by grasping the grip 20 and the water amount adjusting lever 70 with fingers. At this time, a part 71 of the water amount adjusting lever 70 is received inside the grip 20 through a slit (not shown) provided in the grip 20 (see FIG. 10). As a result, the flow rate of tap water flowing through the water passage is continuously adjusted between zero and the maximum set value.

  The water amount adjusting lever 70 has a length dimension capable of attaching the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger of the hand. More specifically, the water amount adjusting lever 70 has a portion (finger portion) 70a to which an index finger is attached and a portion (extension portion) 70b whose length is extended so that the middle finger, ring finger and little finger can be attached. According to this, the grip 20 and the water amount adjustment lever 70 can be gripped by the thumb of the hand and the remaining four fingers, respectively, and thereby the water amount adjustment by the water amount adjustment lever 70 can be easily and finely performed. it can.

  In the illustrated example, a notch 71 a is provided in a part 71 of the water amount adjusting lever 70. The notch 71a is located in the vicinity of the tip portion of the extension 70b. By providing the notch 71a, a space that allows the water amount adjusting lever 70 to swing is secured between the extension 70b, the grip 20, and the joint member 64.

  In the illustrated example, the bracket 72 pivotally attached to the grip 20 is releasably hooked to the tip of the water amount adjusting lever 70 that is swung to the grip 20 to the maximum, The swinging in the clockwise direction is restrained (see FIG. 10). At this time, the distal end portion of the extension portion 70b of the water amount adjusting lever 70 is located closer to the joint member 64 than the distal end portion 20a of the grip. Even if the length of the grip 20 is shortened by the size of the water spray gun 18 by this configuration, the size of the water amount adjusting lever 70 can be secured, so that it can be held firmly by hand, and the water amount can be finely adjusted. Is possible.

(Other embodiments)
As described above, the embodiments have been described. However, it should not be understood that the descriptions and drawings constituting a part of this disclosure are illustrative and are not restrictive. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples and operational techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

  As described above, this embodiment includes various embodiments not described here.

  The hose reel of this embodiment can be applied to watering gardens and plants, car washing, and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Hose reel 12 ... Casing 14 ... Drum 16 ... Hose 18 ... Sprinkling gun 20 ... Grip 22 ... Barrel 24 ... Holding part 42 ... Boundary area 44 ... Hole 46 ... Hole periphery 48 ... Storage part 70 ... Water quantity adjustment lever

Claims (10)

A casing,
A drum rotatably held in the casing, and a hose that can be wound around the drum;
A watering gun having a grip and a barrel connected to the hose,
The casing is a hose reel having a holding portion that receives the barrel of the watering gun from the outside thereof and holds the watering gun.   The hose reel according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion has a hole for receiving a barrel of the watering gun.   The hose reel according to claim 2, wherein the hole has a size that allows the barrel of the water spray gun to move freely.   4. The hose according to claim 2, wherein a barrel of the water spray gun has a base portion connected to the grip and a tip portion provided with a nozzle, and is capable of contacting the periphery of the hole at the base portion and the tip portion. reel. The casing has a top and a bottom opposed to each other, a front and a rear opposed to each other, and two sides opposed to each other.
The drum is rotatably supported on two sides of the casing;
The hose reel according to claim 2, wherein the hole of the holding portion is provided in a boundary region between a top portion and a front portion of the casing.   The hose reel according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the hole of the holding portion extends in parallel with a top portion and a bottom portion of the casing.   The hose reel according to claim 5, wherein the boundary region extends in a circular arc shape from the top portion toward the front portion. The water spray gun includes a water amount adjusting lever attached to a grip of the water gun so as to be swingable around the shaft.
2. The hose reel according to claim 1, wherein the water amount adjustment lever includes a finger hook portion that is a portion to which an index finger is attached and an extension portion that is a portion that is extended in length so that a middle finger, a ring finger, and a little finger can be attached.   The hose reel according to claim 5, wherein the casing has a handle that is provided at a top portion and a rear portion thereof and extends between two adjacent holes.   The hose reel according to claim 5, wherein the casing has a drain hole provided in a bottom portion thereof.

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