US1372571A - Hose-holder - Google Patents

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nmoos soU'rER, or Baron ROUGE, `LoUifs'iAiiiA.`

Hoen-Homann.

Specification of Letters Patent." Pitteltd lVIal. 22, 19:21.`

application fiieiiivovember 17, i920. sei-mino. 424,736.

To all whom it may concern: i i i j Be it known that I, DRACos SoUTnii, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton Rouge, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and btateof Louisiana, have invented certain new and use-ful Improvements in Hose-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theiinventionsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The present invention relates to improvements in hose holders, and has for an object to provide an improved device of'this character more particularly for use in supporting fire hose and the like on fire tug boats and also on vessels generally, where it is re-` quired that the hose besupported out of the way, but at the sametime be easily accessi ble and removable in case of emergency.

It is` another `object of the invention to provide an improved hose holder which will e substantially automatic in action in allowing of the removal and replacement of the hose and which will effectively retain the hose until it is grasped and positively pulled therefrom. 1

A further object ofthe invention resides in providing an improved hose holderbf simple and inexpensive construction; which involves the production of a novel form of bracket attachable to either right or left walls or to ceilings at will; and which fur ther involves the provision of a swinging frame adapted to guide a pair ofl weighted arms to'which the pivoted jaws which clamp the hose therebetween are secured, and which thereby `insures the positive opening and closing of the jaws; i i

With the foregoing and other objects in view,rthe invention will be more fully de scribed hereinafteryand `will beY more particularly pointed 'out in the claims appended hereto. j i i i i In 4the drawings, `wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding'parts throughout the several views, i

Figure 1 is a front view of an improved hose holder constructed according to the present invention and illustrating a fragmentary'piece of hose as held therein;

Fig. 2 is a side viewthereof; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary planview.`

Referring'more particularly to the drawings, the improved supporting bracket is composed of a single piece of heavy gage wireor metallic rod construction so shaped and designed as to provide a pair ofI parallel members each composedof angularly dis-` posed arms 1 and 2 which may be slightly curved as indicated in Fig. 2. 'Ilie arms at their convergent meeting ends are coiled into one or moi'econvolutions 3 adapted to receive the pivot `pin 4. The free ends of the arms of adjacent members are connected together by rods 5 and 6, eyes 7 and 8 being made at the ends of such members `5 and 61 in order to receive screws or other fastenings 9 and 10 which take into a wall orother support, as indicated in Fig. 2. i

A rectangular open swinging frame 11 is also made of a single piece oflieavy gage.` wire ofround bar construction bent to provide parallel sides L and ends and formed with upstanding eyes or convolutions 12 and 13 adapted to come into alinement with the convolutions 3 in order to receivethe pin 4 on which the frame 11 may freely rock. The pin `4; extends above the intermediate. portion of the frame 11 leaving spaces to either side of the pin in which to slidably re` ceive and guide pairs of parallel arms 14 and 15 which connect with the hose clamp'- ing jaws 16 and 17. The parallel arms 111 and 15 are connected-together by rods 18 and 19 -which carry weights 2O and 21 of such mass that they will sustain the jaws` and the weight of the hose carried thereby in the upper full line position indicated in Fig. 2. Thehose is representeddat 22 in Fig'. 1 and is illustrated as being clamped tightly by the jaws 16` and 17, which jaws .i

arein the upper position.` Thelower ends of the `jaws preferably overlap beneath the hose as indicated in full lines iii Fig. 2 `in order to more eectively support the hose and avoid the accidental opening of thejaws by itsweight. i i

When the jaws 16 and 17 open, the overlappedends thereofswing widely apart, thus affording an ample" gap fromwhich the hose may fall and intowhich it may be pushed upwardly when replacing it. The jaws 1o and 17 are likewise composed of parallel and spaced apart members connected at their lower ends by bars 23 and 24 and each inember of each jaw is curved semi-circularly so as to fit substantially about one-half of the hose 22. At the upper ends ofthe jaws convolutions 25 and 26 are made in registry to receive the pivot pin 27 by which the two jaws are swingingly associated. The jaw 16 is formed in one piece with the arm 14 and the jaw 17 in one piece with the other arm 15 the arms 14 and 15 rising from the convolutions 25 and 26.

In use, the hose 22 is normally supported as shown in'Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2. The arms 14 and 15 are in their divergent position so that the weights 20 and 21 exert a comparatively great leverage to hold the jaws i closed and the hose elevated.

hen emergency arises the hose 22 may be grasped and pulled downwardly. This will cause the jaws 16 and 17 to descend from the full to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2. This descent causes the arms 14 and 15 to be drawn through the rectangular frame. 11. `The arms are thereby swung toward one another guided between the sides of the frame 11 and the pin 4, and they are thus brought to the dotted line position caus-V ing the opening of the jaws 16 and 17 and the vrelease of the hose. This brings the open jaws 16 and 17 at a lower elevation so that in replacing the hose' the jaws are more easily accessible.

- In the act of replacing the hose the same is moved upwardly until it strikes the pivot point of the jaws whereupon the jaws and the arms are carried upwardly therewith. The pin 4 will cause the curved arms 14 and 15 to. diverge and close the jaws 16 and 17 about the hose. When the hose is moved upwardly to the full extent the weights 2O and 21 will then occupy a position to support the hose and to maintain the jaws 16 and 17 closed.

It will be understood that the supporting braeket'may be swung on the pivot 4 to any position for instance, so that the fastenings 9 and 10 may be engaged with the opposite wall or with the ceiling.

It is obvious that various changes and modificationsV may be made in the details of construction and design of the above speciiically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications be ing restricted only by the scope ofthe following claims. v

What is claimed isI' l. A hoseJ holder comprising supporting means,'openable jaws adapted to clamp the hose therebetween held by said supporting means, and weight-imposing means integral with thejaws and acting thereon to nor mally and yieldably hold said jaws upon the hose, substantially as described.

A`2. VAn improved hose'fholder comprising supporting means, pivotedjaws adapted to clamp the' hose' therebetween and having arms extending above the jaws and being slidably engaged with said supporting means,'said arms being weighted pivot point of theY to hold the jaws in the closed position, substantially as described.

3. An improved hose holder comprising a supporting bracket, a :frame held by said bracket, a pairof pivoted jaws, and weighted arms extending from said jaws and slidably received in said frame, substantially as described.

4. An improved hose holder comprising a supporting bracket, a rectangular open frame swinging on the supporting bracket, a pair of pivoted jaws adapted to clamp the hose therebetween and being movable as a unit with respect to said bracket and swinging frame, and a pair of weighted arms conneeted to said jaws and being slidably movable through the rectangular frame, substantially as described.

5. An improved hose holder comprising a supporting bracket, a swinging rectangular open frame carried by said bracket, a pair of jaws pivoted together and adapted to clamp a hose therebetween, arms integral with said jaws and extending in a direction oppositely to the jaws and in divergent relation, said arms being slidably mounted through said rectangular open frame and adapted to be guided thereby, and weights carried by the outer divergent ends of said arms, substantially as described.

6. An improved hose holder comprising a bracket composed of a pair of parallel members, each of said members composed of a pair of arms angularly disposed and provided with convolutions at their intermediate convergent portions, fastening means adapted to engage with the free ends of said arms whereby to attach the bracket to a support, a rectangular open frame having upstanding convolutions at its ends adapted to aline with the convolutions ofthe bracket, a pin passing through the several convolutions to swingingly support the frame from the bracket, a pair of jaws pivoted together and adapted to clamp the hose therebetween, and weighted arms integral with the jaws and extending upwardly and outwardly from the pivot point thereof, said weighted arms being slidably received in the rectangular frame and being guided thereby and by said pivot, substantially as described.

n improved hose holder comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a support, a pivot carried by said bracket, an open reetangular frame swinging on said pivot, a pair of jaws pivoted together and adapted to receive a hose therebetween, and arms connected to said jaws and extending through the rectangular open frame and being guided by the sides of the frame and b v said pivot, each of said jaws and its eempanion arm being formed in one piece, substantially as described.

DRACOS SOUTER.

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