US1602739A - Hose bracket - Google Patents

Description

Oct; 12 1926. 1,602,739

s. P. WRIGHT HOSE'BRACKET Filed April 13, 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

s'rnwaar 1. WRIGHT, OF'SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

HOSE BRACKET- Application filed April 13, 1925. Serial No. 22,619. Y

The invention is a rack for supporting a hose or the like which will readily release the coils of the hose as it is pulled outwardv The object of the invention is to provide a hose rack from which the hose may readily be withdrawn.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hose rack, which will automatically release the coils of the hose.

And a further object of the invention is to provide a hose bracket of a simple and economical construction.

\Vith these ends in view, the invention embodies a bracket having angular shaped side members, rods in the members, lugs slidable on the bar in one of the members and resiliently held by springs at each end, bars slidable on the rod in the other member and freely held in openings in the lugs and an other bar held in a latch at the outer end of the bracket.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description, taken in connection with the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side view of the rack wit-h part broken away.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the rack with a portion of the hub broken away.

Figure 3 is an end view of the outer end of the rack.

Figure 4 is a cross section through the rack.

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the inner part of the outer end showing the socket of the latch.

In the drawings I have shown my device as it would be constructed wherein numeral 1 indicates the frame, numeral 2 the lugs and numeral 3 the bars upon which the hose is hung.

The frame 1 may be constructed as shown with angle shaped bars 4 and 5 at the sides, a hub 6 at the inner end and a bar 7 forming a tie at the outer end. Although the design shown is preferable, the frame may be made of any suitable design and arranged in any suitable manner. The frame shown is supported in a bracket 8 which may also be of any suitable design and attached to a wall or the like in any suitable manner.

The lugs 2 are slidably mounted on a bar 9, which is held in the frame as shown in Figure 2 and which is also provided with springs 10 and 11 for resiliently holding the is desired lugs together. Each lug is provided with an opening .12 in which the ends of the bars 3 may be held as shown in Figure 2. At the Outer end of the bar 9 is a small cross bar 13 which has a loop 14 by which it is held on the bar and which extends across the frame to a socket 15 in the member 5 as shown in Figures 3 and 5. The free end of the rod 13 is normally held in the socket 15 by a projection 16 as shown in Figure 5 and the outer end of the hose will be supported on this bar. It will be observed that when it to remove the hose it will merely be necessary to raise this bar slightly so that the hose may be freed. The bar 13 is frictionally held against the end of the frame by the spring 10 which bears against a washer 17 and this in turn holds the loop 14 of the bar 13.

The bars 3, which are provided with loops 18 at one end are freely held upon a rod 19 in the frame and adjacent the member 5 as shown in Figure 4 and the opposite ends of the bars 8 are held in the openings 12 and the lugs 2 as hereinbefore described. It will be observed that as an outward pressure is placed against the bars 3 individually they will compress the spring 10 and force the preceding lug away from the In holding the bar so that the bar will be free to slide out of the opening and thereby release the loop of the hose hanging thereon.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the design of the lugs, another may be in the design of the bars 3 and still another may be in the use of other means for resiliently holding the lugs 2.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. To use the device, the rack may be assembled as shown in Figure 1 with the loops of the hose hanging on the bars 3 and it will be observed that when it is desired to quickly remove the hose, the bar 13 may readily be removed by -pulling upward on the outer end of the hose and then the remainder of the hose will immediately be released, one loop at a time, as the hose is drawn outward. At the same time. the springs 10 and 11 will normally hold the lugs 2 together, so that the hose will be rigidly held until it is pulled outward and the outer end released.

the lugs together, and another transverse bar pivotally mounted on one of the former bars at one end and freely resting in a socket at the other.

2. In a rack for a hose or the like, a suitable frame, a plurality of transverse bars freely pivoted at one end and a plurality of resiliently held notched lugs slidably mount- 1 1 k ed on a rod for holding the free ends of the transverse bars.

STEXVART P. WRIGHT.

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