JPH0730259U - Underground storage type hose reel device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When the hose retractor is not used, it is stored in an underground storage so that it does not take up space, and when used, the hose retractor can be used by taking it out from the underground storage. A type hose reel device is provided. [Structure] A hose take-up tool 2 composed of a reel 4 and a bracket 6 that rotatably supports the reel 4 on a back side of a lid 12 attached to an opening of an underground storage 3 and opened by reversing 180 degrees. Install. Here, the underground storage 3 is provided below the ground, and its opening is the ground surface. The underground storage type hose reel device 1 includes the hose winding tool 2 and the underground storage 3. According to this underground storage type hose reel device 1, the hose winding tool 2 is stored downward in the underground storage 3, and when the lid 12 is opened, it is taken out from the underground storage 3 and is in the posture when in use. Installed on top.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is an underground storage type hose reel device in which the hose retractor can be stored in an underground storage so that it does not take up space when not in use, and can be used out of the underground storage when used. Regarding

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Traditionally, a hose winder has been wound around a reel so that it does not get in the way when the hose used for washing automobiles and sprinkling water in the garden is not used, and when using the hose, it is used as a device to unwind the hose from the reel as appropriate. Has been.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, conventional hose winders are installed on the ground such as in garages and gardens even when the hose is not used. Therefore, the hose winder itself occupies a place in the garage or in the garden, and has been an obstacle to moving the car in and out.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an underground storage type hose reel device that stores a hose winding tool underground when the hose is not used. That is, according to the device of the present invention, as described in claim 1, a hose winding tool including a reel for winding a hose and a bracket for rotatably supporting the reel and a hose winding tool for the hose are mounted on the ground. It will be an underground storage house underneath. This underground storage is located under the ground and has a lid that can be opened and closed with the ground surface as an opening. Here, the openable / closable lid means, for example, a single-sided or double-sided lid such as a hinge or a removable lid. A hose reel is stored in such an underground storage so that it can be freely taken in and out to form an underground storage hose reel device.

Further, as described in claim 2, a lid that opens and closes in an inverted manner, for example, a single-opening lid that pivots 180 degrees by a hinge or the like is attached as a lid of an underground storage, and a hose is attached to the back surface of the lid. An underground storage type hose reel device equipped with a winding tool bracket makes it easy to take in and out the hose winding tool. Furthermore, as described in claim 3, the hose winder is installed in the underground storage so as to be able to move up and down, and the recess is provided on either the bracket side or the wall side of the underground storage. Then, on the side where the concave portion is not provided, a convex portion that engages with the concave portion and can be disengaged is provided, and by the engagement between the concave portion and the convex portion, the hose against the wall of the underground storage is provided. An underground storage type hose reel device that serves as a positioning mechanism for the rising position of the winding tool is also suitable. In addition, it is desirable that the position where the concave portion or the convex portion is provided is below the bracket side and near the ground surface on the wall side.

[0006]

[Action]

 According to the present invention, since the lid that can be opened and closed is attached to the opening of the underground storage on the ground surface, closing the lid prevents dust, rainwater, etc. from entering the underground storage and people fall. By preventing and opening the lid, the hose retractor can be easily put in and taken out from the opening. By storing the hose retractor freely in and out of such an underground storage, it can be installed on the ground when it is used and stored underground when it is not used.

In addition, the lid of the underground storage is installed so as to be inverted and opened and closed, and the bracket of the hose take-up tool is attached to the back surface of the lid, so that the hose take-up tool is in a closed state. The hose winder is stored in the underground storage in a downward position, and when the lid is opened, the hose winder is also inverted and installed on the ground in an upward position, that is, the posture when the hose winder is used.

On the other hand, the hose winder is installed in the underground storage so as to be able to move up and down, and the concave and convex engaging portions that can be engaged and disengaged with each other are provided on the bracket side and the wall side of the underground storage. When storing the hose winder, install it on the floor of the underground storage, and when using it, pull up the hose winder to engage the concave and convex parts and store the hose winder bracket underground. It can be used with the hose winder protruding above the ground by fixing it at a predetermined position on the wall of the refrigerator. After use, the recesses and protrusions are disengaged from each other, and they are installed again on the floor of the underground storage. Assuming that the position where the concave portion or the convex portion is provided is below the bracket side and near the ground surface on the wall side, the rising position of the hose take-up tool is slightly below the ground surface.

[0009]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment to which the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 1 in the figure is an underground storage type hose reel device according to the present embodiment. This underground storage type hose reel device 1 includes a hose winding tool 2 and an underground storage 3 for storing the hose winding tool 2 underground.

The hose take-up tool 2 includes a reel 4 and a bracket 6 that rotatably supports the reel 4 with a rotation shaft 5. The reel 4 comprises a cylindrical hose winding portion 4a fixed to the rotating shaft 5 and flanges 4b at both ends thereof, and the hose winding portion 4a is provided with a hose attachment port 4c. The rotary shaft 5 has a rotary handle 5a connected to one end thereof, the other end thereof connected to an L-shaped pipe 8a via a rotary joint 7, and the flexible pipe 8 attached to the pipe 8a. The water supply pipe 9 is connected via the.

The rotary shaft 5 is rotatably supported by two inverted Y-shaped side plates 6 a forming the bracket 6, and particularly on the rotary joint 7 side, the outer cylinder of the rotary joint 7 is a side plate 6 a. Is directly supported, and the end of the rotary shaft 5 is inserted inside thereof to be rotatably and watertightly supported. An L-shaped tube 8a is connected to the outer cylinder of the rotary joint 7, and the flexible tube 8 is connected to the tube 8a. It should be noted that the water supply pipe 9 is buried underground, and its tip is exposed to the underground storage 3, and a manual opening / closing valve 9a is interposed near the tip of the water supply pipe 9. Thus, the flexible tube 8 and the hose winding tool 2 itself have a known structure. Furthermore, it goes without saying that a hose (not shown) is connected to the hose attachment port 4c and is wound on the reel 4.

A gripping tool 6 b is stretched over the heads of the two inverted Y-shaped side plates 6 a of the bracket 6. The forked legs forming a part of the side plate 6a are provided with screw holes 6c, respectively. A hose guide 10 shown in FIG. 4 is installed on the bracket 6. This hose guide 10 is formed integrally with upper and lower two-stage rollers 10a provided at intervals slightly larger than the diameter of the hose 11 so that the hose 11 can pass through, and both side plates 6a of the bracket 6 are rotatable. Each roller 10a rotates in the opposite direction as the hose 11 advances and retreats.

The underground storage 3 is a box-shaped storage that is provided below the ground and has an opening at a position in contact with the ground surface. A lid 12 is attached to the open part of the underground storage 3. The lid 12 is attached to the upper part of the wall of the underground storage 3 by two sets of hinges 13 so as to be inverted 180 degrees and opened and closed, and has a pulling handle 14 on its surface.

In the underground storage type hose reel device 1 of the present embodiment, the hose winding tool 2 is screwed into the back surface of the lid 12 by using the screw holes 6 c provided in the leg portions of the bracket 6. It is fixed by. According to the underground storage type hose reel device 1 having the above-described configuration, the hose winding tool 2 is stored in the underground storage 3 downward. Then, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 3, when the lid 12 is opened 180 degrees upside down, the hose retractor 2 is placed on the ground in the posture in which it is taken out from the underground storage 2 and used. To be done. The hose 11 wound around the reel 4 of the hose take-up tool 2 is pulled out by pulling the tip of the hose 11, and is used for discharging tap water supplied by the water supply pipe 9. When unwinding, the hose is pulled to the right in FIG. 3, but since the lid 12 is supported by the hinge 13 on the side opposite to the pulling direction, the hose is wound by the pulling force. The fixture 2 does not move or swing.

When the reel 4 is rotated by the handle 5a via the rotary shaft 5 during winding, the hose 11 is wound by the hose guide 10 in line with the hose winding portion 4a of the reel 4. That is, the unwound portion of the hose 11 hangs down on the ground, and when the hose 11 sandwiched between the upper and lower two-stage rollers 10a is wound up due to its own weight and the frictional force with the ground. The tension acts on the hose 11. Therefore, at the time of winding the hose 11, the hose 11 is sequentially wound from the thin portion on the hose winding portion 4a by the tension. Therefore, the hose 11 is wound in the hose take-up portion 4a in a spiral direction so as to be aligned in one direction, and wound around the end of the hose take-up portion 4a. It is wound around the outside of the so that it is spirally aligned in the opposite direction to the front. In this way, the hose 11 is aligned and wound around the hose winding portion 4a.

In order to store the hose take-up tool 2, contrary to the above, the hose take-up tool 2 and the lid 12 may be integrally united, swiveled around the hinge 13, and the lid 12 may be closed. As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the hose retractor 2 is not used, it is stored underground so as not to obstruct traffic, and when it is used, it can be easily removed from the underground storage 3 and placed above the ground. It is possible to obtain the underground storage type hose reel device 1 that can be installed in.

Here, when the automatic hose winder 15 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is further provided to the underground storage type hose reel device 1, it becomes a more suitable device. In this automatic hose winder 15, first, the claw wheel 15a is coaxially installed outside one flange 4b of the reel 4 so that the claw wheel 15a rotates integrally with the hose winding section 4a. The shaft 6 is supported inside the 6a by being urged in a direction engageable with the ratchet wheel 15a and engaged with the ratchet wheel 15a. Then, a portion of the side plate 6a of the bracket 6 facing the outer surface of the flange 4b is bulged outward to form a chamber 15c therein, and a winding spring 15d is incorporated therein. The winding spring 15d has one end fixed to the rotary shaft 5 and the other end fixed to the chamber 15c.

According to the automatic hose winder 15, when the tip of the hose 11 is pulled and the hose 11 is unwound from the reel 4, the winding spring 15d is wound around the rotary shaft 5 and contracts to generate energy. Accumulate. At this time, the ratchet wheel 15a rotates in the direction in which the ratchet 15b gets over and allows the unwinding of the hose 11. On the other hand, when the hose 11 is wound up, if the claw 15b is removed from the ratchet wheel 15a, the energy stored in the winding spring 15d causes the reel 4 to rotate in the opposite direction to that at the time of unwinding and the winding spring 15d loosens. Accordingly, the hose 11 is automatically wound around the reel 4.

The hose 11 may be wound by an electric motor instead of the automatic hose winder 15. In this case, for example, the electric motor and its on / off switch are attached to the bracket 6 or the lid 12, and the electric motor and the rotary shaft 5 are directly connected or connected using a known transmission means. A known power source is used as the power source of such a motor.

Next, a second embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 will be described. In this embodiment, the shape of the legs of the side plate 6a of the bracket 6 of the first embodiment and the shape of the underground storage 3 are changed, and a positioning mechanism 16 for the rising position of the hose winder 2 is provided. Is. In other words, the hoistway for inserting the bifurcated legs of the bracket 6 into the two opposing walls of the underground storage 3 and moving the hose winder 2 up and down while freely sliding in the underground storage 3. 3a is provided. Then, the hose retractor 2 is installed in the underground storage 3 with each leg of the bracket 6 inserted in each hoistway 3a.

In addition, concave portions 16a having a triangular cross section are provided outwardly on the lower outer portions of the legs of the bracket 6, respectively, and the upper and lower wall portions of the hoistway 3a can be engaged with and disengaged from the concave portions 16a. The convex portion 16b is provided. Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the convex portion 16b has a hollow cylindrical shape at its rear portion. A spring chamber 16c is provided on the upper wall of the hoistway 3a, and a compression spring 16d is compressed between the wall of the spring chamber 16c and the hollow portion of the protrusion 16b. Both ends of the convex portion 16b are stepped, and the surface portion of the wall of the hoistway 3a from which the convex portion 16b projects is also stepped so as to engage with the step inside the wall. In addition, it is preferable that the cross-sectional triangle forming the concave portion 16a and the convex portion 16b is an isosceles triangle, particularly an isosceles triangle having a right angle of apex.

Although the hose take-up tool 2 is installed on the floor of the underground storage 3 at the time of storage, when the hoist take-up tool 2 is pulled up by guiding the legs of the bracket 6 by the hoistway 3a, The upper portion of the concave portion 16a of the leg portion of the bracket 6 comes into contact with the lower portion of the convex portion 16b and pushes the compression spring 16d, and the convex portion 16b retracts into the spring chamber 16c while compressing the compression spring 16d. Then, when the hose retractor 2 further rises, the convex portion 16b engages with the concave portion 16a. At this time, the convex portion 16b is engaged and pressed against the concave portion 16a by the urging action of the compression spring 16d, and the hose take-up tool 2 is positioned with respect to the wall of the underground storage 3 and stands still at this position. At this position, the hose retractor 2 is taken out and installed on the ground.

During storage, the hose wind-up tool 2 is strongly pushed down so that the inner upper part of the recessed part 16a of the leg portion of the bracket 6 presses the upper part of the protruding part 16b, and the force for contracting the spring 16d is exerted. The portion 16b retracts into the spring chamber 16c, and the engagement between the convex portion 16b and the concave portion 16a is released. When the leg portion of the bracket 6 is completely out of contact with the convex portion 16b, the compression spring 16d is restored and the convex portion 16b is projected again. At this time, since the step portion of the convex portion 16b engages with the step portion of the wall of the hoistway 3a inside the wall, the convex portion 16b is disengaged from the wall of the hoistway 3a by the urging action of the compression spring 16d. There is no such thing. Here, if the triangular cross section formed by the concave portion 16a and the convex portion 16b is an isosceles triangle, the series of engagement and disengagement described above is smoothly performed.

It is also possible to install a plurality of protrusions 16b in the height direction, and at this time, the take-out height of the hose retractor 2 can be arbitrarily selected. Further, while the convex portion 16b is provided on the bracket 6 side, the concave portion 16a may be provided on the underground storage 3 side. Next, a third embodiment shown in FIG. 11 will be described. The third embodiment is a modification of the uneven portion of the second embodiment.

That is, the two elastic plates 16e having the convex portion 16b on the outer side are passed between the two side plates 6a of the bracket 6, and the concave portion engaging with the convex portion 16b is provided on the upper part of the wall of the underground storage 3. 16a is provided. The elastic plate 16e is arranged so that the convex portion 16b is constantly in pressure contact with the wall surface of the underground storage 3 by its elastic biasing force, and when the convex portion 16b reaches the concave portion 16a, the elastic plate 16e is engaged in the concave portion 16a by the elastic biasing force. To meet. Thus, the elastic plate 16e is elastically deformed in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the plate, and the elastic deformation causes the convex portion 16b to move forward and backward.

According to this embodiment, when the hose winder 2 is stored on the floor of the underground storage 3, the convex portion 16b is in pressure contact with the wall surface, and the hose winder 2 is lifted. Then, the convex portion 16b slides upward while being pressed against the wall surface, and when the convex portion 16b rises to the take-out position, the convex portion 16b engages with the concave portion 16a of the wall and becomes the use position of the hose winder 2. Also in this embodiment, it is desirable that the vertical cross-sectional shape of the concave portions 16a and the convex portions 16b is an isosceles triangle as in the case shown in FIG. The other structure and operation are the same as those of the second embodiment.

[0027]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, a lid that can be opened and closed is attached to the opening of the underground storage on the ground surface, and the hose retractor is stored in and out of the underground storage provided under the ground, so it is not used. We were able to obtain an underground storage type hose reel device that sometimes does not take up space and is unobtrusive.

Further, since the lid of the underground storage is attached so as to be inverted and opened and closed, and the bracket of the hose winder is attached to the back surface of the lid, the opening / closing operation of the lid is the operation of taking in / out the hose winder. Since it also serves as a storage device, it is easy to store and take out the hose retractor. On the other hand, the hose take-up tool is installed in the underground storage so as to be able to move up and down, and the bracket side and the underground storage are provided with concave and convex engaging portions that can be engaged and disengaged from each other, so that the engagement between the concave portion and the convex portion can be improved. Depending on the position of the hose take-up tool, the lid opening and closing operations and the hose take-up tool take-in / out operations can be performed separately. Can be set appropriately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of an underground storage type hose reel device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the underground storage type hose reel device with a lid removed.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the underground storage type hose reel device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an automatic hose winder.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an automatic hose winder.

FIG. 7 is a front sectional view of an underground storage type hose reel device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the underground storage type hose reel device with a lid removed.

9 is a sectional view taken along line 9-9 of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of part B in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway plan view of the underground storage type hose reel device of the third embodiment with the lid removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Underground Storage Type Hose Reel Device 2 Hose Winding Tool 3 Underground Storage Cabinet 4 Reel 6 Bracket 11 Hose 12 Lid 16 Positioning Mechanism 16a Recess 16b Convex

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An apparatus for accommodating a hose retractor, which comprises a reel for winding up a hose and a bracket for rotatably supporting the reel, under the ground, the underground storage having an opening on the ground surface. An underground storage type hose reel device, which is provided under the ground, a lid is attached to the opening so as to be openable and closable, and the hose winding tool is stored in the underground storage so as to be freely taken in and out. 2. The lid is attached to the opening of the underground storage so as to be opened and closed in an inverted manner, and the bracket of the hose winder is attached to the back surface of the lid. Underground storage type hose reel device described. 3. The hose winder is installed in the underground storage so as to be able to move up and down, and a concave and convex engaging portion is provided on the bracket side and the wall side of the underground storage so as to be engageable with and disengageable from each other. 2. The underground storage type hose reel device according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning mechanism for positioning the rising position of the hose winding tool with respect to the wall of the underground storage by engaging the concave portion and the convex portion.