US1203605A - Hose-reel. - Google Patents

Description

E; P. GAYLORD.

HOSE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-18,1915.

1 ,203,605. Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

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Application fi1ed January 18, 1915; Serial No. 2,826.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, EDWIN P. GAYLORD, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose Reels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My invention has for its object to afford an improved construction in hose reels, and more particularly with reference to the type of device that is designed for permanent attachment to a water connection, whereby it may be partially unwound to any length desired without necessitating connecting and disconnecting the hose every time it is used.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a. construction that can be economically manufactured and requires a minimum number of parts.

Still another purpose of the construction consists in affording a combination of parts that can be disassembled in a way which permits the entire device to be packed in a comparatively small space, thus greatly facilitating its transportation while at the same time affording means for housing a hose as effectively as any of the usual type of reels.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts .all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claim at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a reel constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a side view, showing its application to a sill-cock; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail view ofa portion of one of the arms of the frame, showing the socket which receives the yoke member; Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of one of the yoke members, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the connection between one of the arms and one of the yoke members.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate the same parts.

In the present embodiment of the invention thereis employed a frame or spider A which embodies a series of radial arms a. One of said arms a is hollow, forming a passage a which is open at its inner and outer 'ends. At the outer end, adjacent the extremity of the arm, there is provided a connection a to which the inner end of the hose is attached, while they opening at the inner end of the passage a is adapted to receive a pipe Z), which is threaded in the opening of the arm, or may be otherwise attached to the frame, and serves to support the latter within the coupling, which will now be de scribed.

In Fig. 2, the reel is shown as attached to a sill-cock, or other vertically disposed water supply, while in Fig. 3 it is connected to a horizontally disposed water supply, comprising a pipe, shown at 0. cl designates the double coupling provided with a 'pair of threadedopenings arranged at an angle to each other, and d is a plug that is employed to close the. opening in the coupling that is not connected. To this end, the upper opening d is provided with a threaded shoulder- 6Z3 to receive the plug inthe manner appearing in Fig. 3. The coupling also is provided with an exteriorly threaded'eXtremity 0Z to receive the sleeve 6, which may be held in fixed relationon the coupling, after it is once adjusted, by means of the set screw 0. The

sleeve 6 includes a fiange'or collar 6 abut-i ting the outer surface of the pipe I). The latter carries a flange or shoulder b which engages a recess in a metal ring f, while 9 and g designate suitable packing rings of any desirable material which take up the wear between the metal ring f, and the end of the coupling 03 and the end of the sleeve e, This arrangement permits the pipe 6, sup

porting the reel, to turn freely with relation to the coupling so that the hose may be unwound to any desired length.

The hose is supported by means of a series I of memberswhich are detachably secured to the respective arms of the frame, and this is preferably accomplished by means of'the yoke members it, each of which is provided with a slotted lug k that is adapted to fit in a socket a formed on the arm a. r The wall of the slot in the lug h is inclined at h so that the yoke member will be drawn tightly into engagement with the arm by the fastening means. To this end, the arm has an opening a to receive a bolt 0 which passes through the lug h and is tightened by means of a nut a It will be seen that by loosening the fastening means the yoke members can be removed from theframe, so that the Whole structure can be packed fiatWise in a minimum amount of space. The construction affords an extremely unique arrangement that is simple, and can be manufactured at small cost.

I claim as my invention:

A hose reel comprising an integral frame or body portion having a series of arms one of Which is hollow and'provided With inlet and outlet openings at its inner and outer ends respectively, the outer end of each arm having a rectangular socket in one face thereof, of an integral yoke member detachvided With a slot or opening having one Wall inclined With respect to the other, and a bolt inelnber attached to the arm and cooperating with said slot in the lug of the yoke member.

EDXVIN P. GAYLOR-D. Witnesses:

H. E. ST NEBRAKER, RUssELL B. GRIFFITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing" the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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